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Research and Activism: Ruth First and Activist Research

Author: Saleem Badat; Vasu Reddy; Rob Davies; Bridget O’Laughlin; Nancy Cartwright; Samuel Foglesong; Katherine Furman; Byron Hyde; Gabriel Nyberg; Karina Ortiz Villa; Helena Slanickova; Christine Hobden; Janet Cherry; Dale T. McKinley; Asanda-Jonas Benya; Ntando Sindane; June Bam; Petro du Preez; Ingrid Bamberg

Publisher: ESI Press

Released: 6 May 2025

ISBN: 978-1-0370-5839-4

A book that interrogates, celebrates, performs and opens up a projective scholarship on Ruth First’s extraordinary body of knowledge that also recuperates, recovers and rediscovers her. This book convincingly argues for forging activist research that speaks to contemporary challenges and builds on First’s rich legacy.

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