Radical Campus? Student Participation in the SFU Left Alternative Club

Authors

  • Brett Zeleznik Simon Fraser University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15273/jue.v2i2.8148

Abstract

A faint memory of the school‘s turbulent past, Simon Fraser University is home to the club Left Alternative. Although explicitly oriented towards socialist concerns, ethnographic inquiry reveals that member‘s motivations for participation transcend any simple affinity for socialism. Rather, their involvement in the club speaks to a number of factors that are multifaceted and without overt intent. Through interviews and participant observation, balanced with material analysis and autoethnography, the causes of participation in Left Alternative appear threefold. Member‘s involvement presupposes an interest in education, both of oneself and others, a desire to correct social ills, and an implicit need to affirm struggling notions of self.

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2012)

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