Overview
- Examines the role that researchers can play in social change beyond traditional academic methods
- Explores responses to online hate
- Practices methods of research with LGBTQ+ young people
Part of the book series: Palgrave Hate Studies (PAHS)
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Keywords
- online safety laws
- Activism in criminology
- policing queer identities
- Gender and sexuality
- Cyber hate
- Queer criminology
- Social justice
- sexuality education
- Violence online
- Research methods in criminology
About this book
This book examines research as activism through a case study of online hate targeting LGBTQ+ young people. It focuses on key issues concerning defining online hate, LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences of and the harms of online hate. The book introduces the reader to research as activism, exploring how academic research has an obligation to be accountable to the communities we serve. It presents a reconsideration of researching hate that prioritizes the knowledge and expertise of community members above the academic researcher. Drawing on empirical data, the book is a call to action which argues for a moral and personal duty to address social injustices using our privilege as academics. Research as activism requires you to go beyond the four walls of your university to actively respond to socio-political injustices. Thus, the book discusses how researchers can use their academic tools for change. It speaks to academics, students, and practitioners interested in LGBTQ+ identities, hate studies, online safety, and research as activism.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Rachel Keighley (she/they) is Research Associate at the University of Leicester in the School of Criminology, UK, and Vice-Chair of the British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network. Her work includes researching LGBTQ+ hate, racism and modern slavery and sexual exploitation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Researching Hate as An Activist
Book Subtitle: Exploring LGBTQ+ Online Hate, Its Impacts, and Our Responsibility Towards Equality
Authors: Rachel Keighley
Series Title: Palgrave Hate Studies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-57088-9Due: 28 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-57089-6Due: 28 June 2024
Series ISSN: 2947-6364
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6372
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 161
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour