![]() It seems difficult to think of it as a self-contingent phenomena when it is precisely its oppositional basis that gives it a meaning. Resistance is not a phenomenon in abstract. Depending on where it stands, it will be possible to connect the experiences and actions of prisoners within a larger context in which those practices take place. Locating resistance in different theoretic frameworks is, therefore, relevant for addressing the suitability of the concept. Resistance could totalize every action and obscure other subjective strategies like coping, surviving, accepting, complying or other types of individual and collective agency (Crewe, 2009, p. Although studies about the experience of imprisonment appear to reaffirm that inmates are constantly engaging with the regime to construct themselves as agents (Bosworth & Carrabine, 2001), prison scholars raise awareness of the problems that a naïve definition could easily entail. And second, having done this, to approach briefly its scope and limits in the particular context of detention and the sociology of prisons. By approaching to this, the essay aims to understand first, the location of resistance in relation to each of the conceptualizations of power. Scott and Gramsci (this one, through the concept of hegemony), to then explore their advantages and limitations for explaining resistance in the particular context of prisons which has been said to include various forms that exceed the most classical idea of an organized, collective, overt action (Crewe, 2009, p. I intend to do so by exploring three different approaches by three different theorists: Foucault, James C. Specifically, it is my intention to enquire about the role of the former in relation to different definitions of the latter. This essay will deal with the topic of resistance and power. The new conceptual framework that I draw is able to tackle with diverse “environmental movements” broadly conceived that cannot be fully comprehended through the tools of conventional social movement studies, such as the transition movements, political consumerism or sustainable community movement, and ‘autonomous geographies’, which require a more expansive understanding of what counts are resistance. I argue that the dividing line between resistance and alternatives is at best blurring. Gramsci, Polanyi, Scott, Foucault, De Certeau) have contributed to fertilize social movement studies literature and conceptualizations of resistance, providing examples of their legacies and limitations. Then I show how different intellectual sources outside of the field (e.g. I give an overview of the social movement studies field, scrutinizing how various currents have been dealing with resistance. It shows how a deeper understanding of resistance can in turn allow to better grasp diverse social movements. Looking at my notes I see that James Scott who was the vice captain in 1939 was probably the Farmer and the New Inn Hotel Keeper.Although social movements are concerned with resistance, there has been a surprisingly little effort towards conceptualizing and problematising resistance within social movement studies. I believe the club was formed in 1936/7 it was about 100 yards from our house. My eldest brother was the record holder there. ![]() As I recall it had a very short history and to our chagrin was ploughed up for the war effort in 1940/41 and my own minimal records are copies of the Office Bearers (including some very distinguished gentlemen!) and the Fixture Card or part thereof, for 1939. “The Auchtergaven Golf Club, Bankfoot, Perth on which I, my Father, and two brothers played before the outbreak of war in 1939, was situated on the old A9 on the south side of the village opposite the former New Inn, subsequently Hunter’s Lodge, demolished a few years ago. Thanks to Bill Fairweather for supplying the information below. Nine-hole course laid out south of Bankfoot near the New Inn Hotel. Auchtergaven Golf Club, Bankfoot, Perthshire.
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