Power: Manifestations & Resistance w/ Dr. Claire Cahen

As we end our discussion of power, we look more practically at how power manifests in our everyday lives and how we might think about resistance to injustice within this understanding. We think through how social change practitioners engage with, mobilize, and build power in their efforts to build a better world. Having explored a number of theories of power, we look at how these theories might be part of a toolbox that advocates of a more just world can engage with to be more effective. Our guest scholar for this final conversation about power is Dr. Claire Cahen, Assistant Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy at Occidental College.

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Dr. Claire Cahen is an Assistant Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy at Occidental College. She received her B.A. from Pomona College and her Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Her research centers on urban austerity, community development, labor, and racial justice and has been published in journals such as Race, Ethnicity and the City, Antipode, Labor Relations, and Housing Studies.

Here are a few pieces that might serve as an introduction to Dr. Cahen's research:

Cahen, C. (2023). After zombies: Notes on labor union and municipal renewal. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 41(4), 707-725.

Cahen, C., Schneider, J., & Saegert, S. (2019). Victories from Insurgency: Re‐Negotiating Housing, Community Control, and Citizenship at the Margins. Antipode, 51(5), 1416-1435.

Cahen, C. (2023). Anticolonial realism: The defensive governing strategy of a Black city in white space. Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City, 1-23.

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