The new importance of the everyday/lifestyle politics? Mobilizations and the politics of solidarity in times of lockdown

Abstract

Social solidarity movement initiatives (particularly in Southern Europe and countries of the Global South) focusing on everyday needs and lifestyle politics seem to be on the rise and show how movements continue to address changing contexts and make concrete contributions to the management of the pandemic. The established repertoires of social movements around the globe have been complicated by lockdowns and other restrictions on movement (Pleyers 2020), stopping ongoing mobilizations for climate action and other issues in their tracks. Many types of political participation have arguably become more difficult, while others - local, lifestyle-focused or digital repertoires - have perhaps been bolstered, opening new pathways for mobilization and resistance. In this panel, we want to reflect on how the conditions for movements, social mobilizations, and political participation changed over the last year, and what reactions, innovations, new networks, or decline can be observed so far?

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