Straddling and resisting the scholar-community action boundaries

When I started my degree in Sociology with minors in Economics and English Literature, I intended to get through it so that I could start working and get on with my so-called adult life. To go to university was to access better opportunities – a mechanical task. I wanted to work after high school, but […]

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Urban Matters
Published
2025-08-04
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https://doi.org/10.24834/urbanmatters.2025.08.3
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Service-Learning and Community Engagement
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Straddling and resisting the scholar-community action boundaries

Sinead Marian D’Silva
Urban Matters
Service-Learning and Community Engagement
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Straddling and resisting the scholar-community action boundaries

Sinead Marian D’Silva
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Abstract

When I started my degree in Sociology with minors in Economics and English Literature, I intended to get through it so that I could start working and get on with my so-called adult life. To go to university was to access better opportunities – a mechanical task. I wanted to work after high school, but […]

Urban Matters(August 2025)
University of Leeds (GB)
Openalex Percentile: Top 75%
Service-Learning and Community Engagement
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