L Shelley Rawlins
Biographic Data
| ID | 5193137 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Shelley Rawlins |
| GIVEN NAMES | L Shelley |
| FAMILY NAME | Rawlins |
| SIGNATURE | RAWLINS L S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“It was Something that is a Necessity”
In this essay I explore the risks of activism I witnessed in two protesters' accounts of participating in collective protest. Listening to their stories led me to reflect on matters of well-being, embodiment and vulnerability, vicarious trauma, and the prospect of physical and emotional burnout. Protesters often put themselves in harm's way to fight for a greater good. I contend that participating in peaceful protest serves personal well-being wh…
A tragic intersection in Saint Louis, Missouri
On June 28, 2020, St. Louis “Expect Us” racial justice protesters marching to their mayor’s front door encountered Mark and Patricia McCloskey aiming guns at them as they walked past the couple’s mansion on a private road. A clash of “rights” erupted in this situation when viewed through the opposing participants’ lenses. On one hand, two persons pulled guns on unarmed protesters that they viewed as encroaching dangerously on their private proper…
Stranger and Stranger
In this fusion of autoethnography and phenomenological description, I explicate my experiences as a door-to-door social welfare advocate for the Maine People's Alliance. Examining my lived experiences of being a stranger in the midst of facing other strangers in their homes, I reflect on the collaborative constitution of strangerdom. I also recount the possibilities of transcendence through dialogic negotiations and attempts at dismantling this t…
A tragic intersection in Saint Louis, Missouri
On June 28, 2020, St. Louis “Expect Us” racial justice protesters marching to their mayor’s front door encountered Mark and Patricia McCloskey aiming guns at them as they walked past the couple’s mansion on a private road. A clash of “rights” erupted in this situation when viewed through the opposing participants’ lenses. On one hand, two persons pulled guns on unarmed protesters that they viewed as encroaching dangerously on their private proper…
Stranger and Stranger
In this fusion of autoethnography and phenomenological description, I explicate my experiences as a door-to-door social welfare advocate for the Maine People's Alliance. Examining my lived experiences of being a stranger in the midst of facing other strangers in their homes, I reflect on the collaborative constitution of strangerdom. I also recount the possibilities of transcendence through dialogic negotiations and attempts at dismantling this t…
A tragic intersection in Saint Louis, Missouri
On June 28, 2020, St. Louis “Expect Us” racial justice protesters marching to their mayor’s front door encountered Mark and Patricia McCloskey aiming guns at them as they walked past the couple’s mansion on a private road. A clash of “rights” erupted in this situation when viewed through the opposing participants’ lenses. On one hand, two persons pulled guns on unarmed protesters that they viewed as encroaching dangerously on their private proper…
“It was Something that is a Necessity”
In this essay I explore the risks of activism I witnessed in two protesters' accounts of participating in collective protest. Listening to their stories led me to reflect on matters of well-being, embodiment and vulnerability, vicarious trauma, and the prospect of physical and emotional burnout. Protesters often put themselves in harm's way to fight for a greater good. I contend that participating in peaceful protest serves personal well-being wh…
Sociology (3 works) · Constitution (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (2 works) · Active listening (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Alliance (1 work) · Art history (1 work)