Social Movements Lab

. A guiding assumption, in other words, is that there is not a theory/practice divide whereby scholars do theory and activists engage in practice. Activists are equally engaged in theoretical discussions even if, at times, in different idioms and in different contexts. A second basic assumption of the Lab is that revealing and creating connections among social movements – in different social domains and in different national spaces – enhances the power of the movements. The guiding orientation, in other words, is both intersectional and international. The Lab will seek to link together social movements and understand how they are already linked together in both of these ways. The Lab is a collaborative project between Duke, the University of Virginia, and the University of Bologna.