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The Perils of ‘Dropping Knowledge’: Aziz Choudry interviewed by Erika Massoud for CARFMS Notes from the Field

Published: 26 June 2018

Aziz Choudry was interviewed by Erika Massoud for Notes From The Field, on behalf of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), for an article titled "The Perils of ‘Dropping Knowledge’".

"Understanding and (re)learning the histories of movements and how certain issues have become disconnected can further reveal how academia has influenced activism and vice versa," writes Massoud in part.Ìý

Notes From The FieldÌýis a blog based on a conversation between a student and a more established researcher in refugee and force migration studies. The unifying thread connecting them is a focus on recent developments in research, law, policy, and approaches within Canada to issues of asylum, borders, and immigration.Ìý

Aziz ChoudryÌýis Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education atÌýÆ»¹ûÒùÔº and a visiting professor at the Faculty of Education, University ofÌýJohannesburg, where he is affiliated to the Centre for Education Rights andÌýTransformation. He is author or co-author of several books includingÌýLearning Activism:ÌýThe Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social MovementsÌý(University of Toronto Press,Ìý2015), and co-editor ofÌýLearning from the Ground Up: Global Perspectives on SocialÌýMovements and Knowledge ProductionÌý(Palgrave Macmillan, 2010),ÌýJust Work?ÌýMigrant Workers’ Struggles TodayÌý(Pluto Press, 2015)ÌýUnfree Labour? Struggles ofÌýMigrant and Immigrant Workers in CanadaÌý(2016,ÌýPM Press), andÌýReflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements: History's SchoolsÌý(Routledge, 2017). Choudry serves on the boards of the Immigrant Workers Centre, Montreal and theÌýGlobal Justice Ecology Project.

Erika MassoudÌýis a Master’s student in the Erasmus Mundus joint-degree program in Migration & Intercultural Relations (EMMIR). Her thesis focuses on anti-colonial, migrant justice activism and indigenous solidarity movements. She also works as the Communications & Mobilization Coordinator at Canadian Roots Exchange and sits on the board of the World University Service of Canada (WUSC).

(Photo: Aziz Choudry's upcoming edited publication,ÌýActivists and the Surveillance State: Learning from Repression)

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ByÌýstephen.lalla [at] mcgill.ca (Stephen Lalla), Communications, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Faculty of Education

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