Dana R. Fisher on American Resistance

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Mike talks with University of Maryland sociology professor Dana R. Fisher about her research on activism and protests, the Women's March, who protests and why, whether protests can drive real political change, differences between Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party, and lots more. [Follow Dr. Fisher on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Fisher_DanaR) ** Show Notes** [The Women's March](https://www.womensmarch.com/) [Indivisible](https://www.indivisible.org/) [Mike's Talk with Indivisible's Jeremy Haile](http://politicsguys.com/778-2/) [Network](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/network/) ** Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible**. If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to [politicsguys.com](http://www.politicsguys.com) and click on the Patreon or PayPal links.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the politics guys. I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
0:30.6	My guest today is Dana R. Fisher, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Program for Society in the Environment at the University of Maryland. Her work has appeared in the
0:35.2	Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, and NPR, among
0:39.3	other national media outlets. Dr. Fisher's research focuses on activism and protest, which is, of course,
0:45.8	a very timely topic as we marked the one-year anniversary of the Women's March, which occurred in
0:51.2	multiple cities around the United States and internationally, and ranks as one of the
0:55.8	largest, if not the largest, single-day protest ever.
1:00.1	Dr. Fisher, welcome to the show.
1:02.1	Thank you for having me, Michael.
1:04.0	You know, to start with, I'd like to know why you chose to study activism and protest movements,
1:10.6	and what drew you to this topic?
1:13.1	That's a really good question. I was an activist in college and actually left after college.
1:20.3	I came here to D.C. to try my hand in politics and continued to be really interested
1:28.3	in activism and protest,
1:30.6	but wasn't really feeling like I was making
1:32.9	much of a difference with the work I was doing.
1:35.0	Once I got to graduate school,
1:36.9	and I did my PhD in sociology,
1:39.6	I realized that I could use the social sciences
1:43.1	and the tools of the social sciences actually to answer a lot of the big questions that I had.
1:48.0	And I felt like that was probably the best way that I could personally make a difference.
1:52.0	So I've been doing it ever since.
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