Browsing by Subject "Political activism"

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    Taking the Great Leap Forwards: Teaching Woody Guthrie in the College Classroom
    (Working-Class Studies Association, 2022-12-24) Fazio, Michele; Zoeller, Aimee; Fernandez, Mark F.; Carney, Court; Stadler, Gustavus; IUPUC Liberal Arts
    This essay explores the work of Woody Guthrie and other folk artists who have followed in his tradition of documenting working-class people’s experiences in song. In addition to outlining the creation of the Teaching Woody Guthrie Faculty Learning Collective–a group of teacher-scholars, activists, and musicians who are dedicated to collaborating across disciplines to illustrate Woody Guthrie’s relevance in today’s precarious world–the essay includes suggested curriculum to teach folk music and political activism in the college classroom.
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    When does activism benefit well-being? Evidence from a longitudinal study of Clinton voters in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
    (PLOS, 2019-09-05) Dwyer, Patrick C.; Chang, Yen-Ping; Hannay, Jason; Algoe, Sara B.; Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
    Contrary to the expectations of many, Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The initial shock to her supporters turned into despair for most, but not everyone was affected equally. We draw from the literature on political activism, identity, and self-other overlap in predicting that not all Clinton voters would be equivalently crushed by her loss. Specifically, we hypothesize that pre-election measures of political activism, and level of self-other identification between participants and Clinton-that is, how much a person was "with her"-will interact to predict the level of distress of Clinton voters two months later. Longitudinal data support our hypothesis. Notably, among Clinton voters, greater activism negatively predicted depressive symptoms, and positively predicted sleep quality, but only when participants were highly identified with Clinton. We discuss the implications of the results for theory and research on social action and well-being.