Summary:

An adjunct discusses her experiences with using ‘service learning’ in classes to engage students in militant co-research and community organizing.  Such projects can build radical relationships across universities, public schools, and marginalized communities, but require a lot of work – the challenge of building ‘the urban commons.’  Such work must also grapple with the dangers of recuperation in academia.   Beyond the university, she discusses her engagement with urban commons in neighborhoods, such as through co-operatives.  What kind of advantages and disadvantages does the flexibility of adjunct labor offer?  From the position of precarious work and life, how can we organize for mutual aid across our workplaces and communities? Continue reading →