The Radical Imagination

Summary

Scholar-activists Alex Khasnabish and Max Haiven treat the radical imagination as something movements do together, not a gift individuals possess. Their book, drawn from research with activists in Halifax, Nova Scotia, asks what that imagination is, how it can be cultivated, and what research can offer: working alongside movements to ‘convoke’ it, and rethinking what counts as success and failure.

Rationale

Research here means convening, not observing from a distance. Our studios were a small attempt at the same, though where they stress imagination we lean towards habit and everyday conditions.