ABOUT THIS BOOK
Social movements throughout the world have been central to history, politics, society, and culture. Observing Protest froma Place examines the impact of one such campaign, the global justice movement, as seen from the southern hemisphere. Drawing upon a collective survey from the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar, the essays explore a number of vital issues, including the methodological problems of studying international activist gatherings and how scholars can overcome those challenges. Bydemonstrating the importance of the global justice movement and the role of nongovernmental organizations for participantsin the southern hemisphere, this volume is an important addition to the literature on community action.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Johanna Siméant is professor of political science at the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (CESSP), and has published La cause des sans-papiers (1998), Le travail humanitaire (2002), La grève de la faim (2009), Contester au Mali (2014) and edited books.[Isabelle Sommier](https://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/unites-de-recherche/crps/membres/chercheurs-et-enseignants-chercheurs-titulaires/sommier-isabelle/) is Full Professor of Political Sociology at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, former director of the CRPS (Centre de recherches politiques de la Sorbonne) and currently Deputy Director of the CESSP (Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique, a fusion between CRPS and CSE Bourdieu institute). She has published on the theory of social movements, political violence, radicalization and terrorism.Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle is assistant professor of political science at Paris 1 Sorbonne University. She is currently director of the French Institute of Research in Africa (IFRA) in Nairobi (Kenya).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AcknowledgementsIntroduction - Johanna Siméant, Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle and Isabelle SommierWhat can quantitative surveys tell us about GJM activists? - Isabelle SommierActivist encounters at the World Social Forum - Marie-Emmanuelle PommerolleMapping a population and its taste in tactics - Johanna Siméant, with Ilhame HajjiWomen’s issues and activists at the World Social Forum in Dakar - Julie CastroDivision of labor and partnerships in transnational social movements - Hélène Baillot, Isaline Bergamaschi and Ruggero IoriMaking waste (in)visible at the Dakar World Social Forum - William Herrera, Alice Judell and Clément PauleLatin Americans at the World Social Forum in Dakar - Isaline Bergamaschi, Tania Navarro Rodríguez and Héloïse NezGroups and organizations at the WSF - Johanna Siméant, with Ilhame HajjiStepping back from your figures to figure out more - Ilka Vari-LavoisierConclusion - Johanna SiméantTechnical appendix: Surveying an international event through a multinational teamGeneral data on participantsAppendix to Chapter 8 on groups and organizations: Clusters obtained by Ascending Hierarchical ClusteringQuestionnaire for participants to the Dakar World Social ForumEditors' BiographiesBibliographyIndex