Collective and Connective Action

Abstract

The analysis of public space and contemporary social movements must take into account both the logics of collective action and those of "connective action" but also their interactions. It is in the cross-fertilization between everyday life and politics, between the internet world and the public squares, that claims are expressed and that citizenship and social movements emerge. This panel proposes to discuss how initiatives in the communities and streets sum up with actions online to question the dominant order. It will also debate the construction of a new information ecology, where different types of media interact and converge, favouring the organization of collective action and the legitimacy of new sources of knowledge.

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