2024
Chapter in Book - Other
Jackson, S. J., Sam, M. P., Dawson, M. C., & Porter, D. (2024). The wellbeing pandemic: Outline of a contested terrain and a proposed research agenda. In W. Rössler (Ed.), Insights in public mental health: 2022. (pp. 24-31). Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-8325-4490-7
Journal - Research Article
Jackson, S. J., Sam, M. P., & Dawson, M. C. (2024). The contested terrain of sport and well-being: Health and wellness or wellbeing washing? Social Sciences, 13, 366. doi: 10.3390/socsci13070366
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2024, May). Stand-up comedy as a site for imagining decolonial futures. Invited presentation at the Playing the Decolonial: Humor, Art, Tech Symposium, [Hybrid].
Dawson, M. (2024, October). CrossFit: The politics of a contemporary fitness regime. Keynote presentation at the East Asian Sport Sociology Forum, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
2023
Journal - Research Article
Kim, Y. J., & Dawson, M. C. (2023). Sports reforms and coaches’ spoiled identities: An analysis of structural stigma. Sociology of Sport Journal, 41(2), 163-171. doi: 10.1123/ssj.2022-0216
Primbs, O., & Dawson, M. C. (2023). Taking stand-up seriously: Comedy as a site for imagining decolonial futures. Sociological Inquiry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/soin.12585
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Jackson, S., Sam, M., Porter, D., & Dawson, M. (2023). The well-being pandemic: Outline of a contested terrain and research agenda. Proceedings of the International Sociological Association (ISA) XX World Congress of Sociology. (pp. 343). Madrid, Spain: International Sociological Association. Retrieved from https://www.isa-sociology.org/en
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2023, July). Coalition-building across difference: A case for affective solidarity. Invited presentation at the Festschrift Symposium in Honour of William Beinart: History Matters, Oxford, UK.
2022
Chapter in Book - Research
Dawson, M. C. (2022). Participatory action research and the study of political participation. In M. Giugni & M. Grasso (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of political participation. (pp. 329-343). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198861126.001.0001
Journal - Research Article
Jackson, S. J., Sam, M. P., Dawson, M. C., & Porter, D. (2022). The wellbeing pandemic: Outline of a contested terrain and a proposed research agenda. Frontiers in Sociology, 7, 950557. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.950557
Kim, Y. J., & Dawson, M. C. (2022). Sports reforms, interaction (dis)order and stigma: coaching identities in context. Sport, Education & Society, 27(7), 830-843. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2021.1932456
2021
Chapter in Book - Research
Wallace, A., Jackson, S., & Dawson, M. C. (2021). Women's experiences of rugby culture in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Naked women talk about sport. In H. Joncheray (Ed.), Women in rugby. (pp. 101-115). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003005544
Journal - Research Article
Jackson, S. J., & Dawson, M. C. (2021). The global business of sport in a brave new world: Conceptualising a framework for alternative futures. Frontiers in Sports & Active Living, 3, 673178. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.673178
2020
Journal - Research Article
Dawson, M. C. (2020). Rehumanising the university for an alternative future: Decolonisation, alternative epistemologies and cognitive justice. Identities, 27(1), 71-90. doi: 10.1080/1070289X.2019.1611072
Kim, Y. J., Dawson, M. C., & Cassidy, T. (2020). Crafting a one-dimensional identity: Exploring the nexus between totalisation and reinvention in an elite sports environment. Sport, Education & Society, 25(1), 84-97. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2018.1555660
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Llewellyn, J., & Dawson, M. (2020, November). Building the future in the present: Prefigurative politics and sarvodaya. Verbal presentation at the Social Movements, Resistance, and Social Change (SMRSC) Conference: Activating Collectivity: Aroha and Power, Wellington, New Zealand.
2019
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dawson, M. C. (2019). ‘Some of my best friends are white’: Allies and affinities in African Studies [Keynote]. Proceedings of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) Annual Conference. (pp. 1). Retrieved from https://afsaap.org.au/
Siisiialafia, T., Vakaoti, P., & Dawson, M. (2019). Youth and spirituality in the Pacific. In A. Finigan, P. Vakaoti, R. Richards & M. Schaaf (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XVI. (pp. 27). Dunedin, New Zealand: The Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/pacific
Conference Contribution - Edited volume of conference proceedings
Dawson, M. C., Procter, L., Stringer, R., & Vakaoti, P. (Eds.). (2019). Proceedings of the Sociology, Gender Studies & Criminology, Social & Community Work Postgraduate Symposium III. Dunedin, New Zealand: Sociology, Gender Studies & Criminology Programme, University of Otago. 57p.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2019, June). Indigeneity versus internationalisation: Can university strategic frameworks resolve the contradictions? Verbal presentation at the Social Change From Below Colloquium, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Barth, J., Bond, S., & Dawson, M. (2019, August). Power, knowledge and community: Climate change engagement in South Dunedin. Verbal presentation at the School of Geography Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2018
Edited Book - Research
Dawson, M. C., Rosin, C., & Wald, N. (Eds.). (2018). Global resource scarcity: Catalyst for conflict or cooperation? Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 210p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Dawson, M. C., Rosin, C., & Wald, N. (2018). A world without scarcity? In M. C. Dawson, C. Rosin & N. Wald (Eds.), Global resource scarcity: Catalyst for conflict or cooperation? (pp. 203-206). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Dawson, M. C., Rosin, C., & Wald, N. (2018). Introduction: Resource scarcity between conflict and cooperation. In M. C. Dawson, C. Rosin & N. Wald (Eds.), Global resource scarcity: Catalyst for conflict or cooperation? (pp. 1-18). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dawson, M. (2018). Insurgent scholarship and cognitive justice: Exploring knowledge production within and beyond the academy. Proceedings of the International Sociological Association (ISA) XIX World Congress of Sociology. (pp. 250). Madrid, Spain: International Sociological Association. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Edited volume of conference proceedings
Dawson, M. C., Vakaoti, P., & Tolich, M. (Eds.). (2018). Proceedings of the Sociology, Gender and Social Work Postgraduate Symposium II. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. 79p.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2018, June). Social change. Panel discussion at the University of Otago Winter Symposium Series, Wellington, New Zealand.
Dawson, M. C. (2018, December). Alternative epistemologies - alternative futures: Prefiguration as a decolonising strategy. Verbal presentation at the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: The Future in the Past, Wellington, New Zealand.
2017
Journal - Research Article
Jackson, S. J., & Dawson, M. C. (2017). IOC-state-corporate nexus: Corporate diplomacy and the Olympic coup d'état. South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education & Recreation, 39(1:2), 101-111.
Dawson, M. C. (2017). Student activism against the neocolonial, neoliberal university: Exploring a sociology of absences, emergences, and hidden fines. Counterfutures, (4), 53-84. Retrieved from http://counterfutures.nz
Dawson, M. C. (2017). CrossFit: Fitness cult or reinventive institution? International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 52(3), 361-379. doi: 10.1177/1012690215591793
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2017, September). Against the neoliberal, neocolonial university. Verbal presentation at the Social Movements, Resistance and Social Change Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Dawson, M. (2017, January). Cognitive justice through insurgent sociology [Invited]. Plenary presentation at the Racisms and political mobilisations: Back then and right now, London, UK.
Other Research Output
Dawson, M. C. (2017, November). Policing the academy: Resisting epistemic hegemony through insurgent scholarship. Victoria University School of Social and Cultural Studies (SACS) Seminar Series, Wellington, New Zealand. [Invited Presentation].
2016
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Dawson, M. C. (2016). Putting the brakes on the edufactory and reclaiming the campus as a site of resistance. Proceedings of the Social Movements Resistance and Social Change III Conference. (pp. 33-50). Retrieved from https://counterfutures.nz/
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M., & Urbano, M. (2016, September). Radical scholarship in neoliberal times: A dangerous, but necessary calling. Verbal presentation at the Social Movements, Resistance and Social Change III Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
2015
Chapter in Book - Research
Dawson, M. C., & Sinwell, L. (2015). Ethical and political challenges of participatory action research in the academy: Reflections on social movements and knowledge production in South Africa. In K. Gillan & J. Pickerill (Eds.), Research ethics and social movements: Scholarship, activism and knowledge production. (pp. 43-56). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Dawson, M. C. (2015). Social contestation, citizenship and modernity in democratic South Africa. In B. M. Bringel & J. M. Domingues (Eds.), Global modernity and social contestation. London, UK: SAGE. doi: 10.4135/9781473916449.n15
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dawson, M. C. (2015). CrossFit and prosumer capitalism: Thinking outside the box? Proceedings of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) Congress. Retrieved from http://issa1965.org/conferences/historical-overview/
2014
Chapter in Book - Research
Dawson, M. C., & Setshedi, V. (2014). Social movement activism in South Africa: Ebbs and flows, 2000-2010. In A. L. Farro & H. Lustiger-Thaler (Eds.), Reimagining social movements: From collectives to individuals. (pp. 159-176). Farnham, UK: Ashgate.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dawson, M. (2014). 'Fitter, faster, stronger, better': Crossfit as a reinventive institution. Proceedings of the XVIII International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology: Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for Global Sociology. (pp. 212). International Sociological Association. Retrieved from http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2014/
2013
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dawson, M. (2013). Community conflict and contestation: The struggle for participatory democracy in South Africa's modern state. Proceedings of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) Conference: Doing Sociology from the Periphery Place: Place, Power and Knowledge. (pp. 52). Retrieved from http://www.sasaonline.org.za/past-conferences.html
2012
Edited Book - Research
Dawson, M. C., & Sinwell, L. (Eds.). (2012). Contesting transformation: Popular resistance in twenty-first century South Africa. London, UK: Pluto Press, 300p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Sinwell, L., & Dawson, M. C. (2012). Transforming contestation: Some closing words. In M. C. Dawson & L. Sinwell (Eds.), Contesting transformation: Popular resistance in twenty-first century South Africa. (pp. 258-267). London, UK: Pluto Press.
Dawson, M. C., & Sinwell, L. (2012). Transforming scholarship: Soberly reflecting on the politics of resistance. In M. C. Dawson & L. Sinwell (Eds.), Contesting transformation: Popular resistance in twenty-first century South Africa. (pp. 1-22). London, UK: Pluto Press.
Journal - Research Article
Dawson, M. C., & Sinwell, L. (2012). Ethical and political challenges of participatory action research in the academy: Reflections on social movements and knowledge production in South Africa. Social Movement Studies, 11(2), 177-191. doi: 10.1080/14742837.2012.664900
Dawson, M. C. (2012). Protest, performance and politics: The use of 'nano-media' in social movement activism in South Africa. Research in Drama Education, 17(3), 321-345. doi: 10.1080/13569783.2012.694028
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2012, May). Movements and movement scholarship in South Africa (2000-2010): Challenges and prospects. Verbal presentation at the Global Modernity and Social Contestation: International Seminar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Other Research Output
Dawson, M. (2012, January). Reinventing democracy through resistance: Social movement activism in South Africa, 2000-2010. Department of Politics, York University, Toronto, Canada. [Research Presentation].
2011
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2011, July). Frames, hidden transcripts and ‘nano-media’ in social movement activism in South Africa. Verbal presentation at the Social Change: Concept and Evidence Workshop, Bela-Bela, South Africa.
Dawson, M. (2011, April). Performance, poetry and protest: The use of ‘nano-media’ in social movement activism in South Africa. Verbal presentation at the 16th International Alternative Futures and Popular Protest Conference, Manchester, UK.
Other Research Output
Dawson, M. (2011, May). Protest, performance and politics: The use of 'nano media' in social movement activism in South Africa. University of Otago Sociology Seminar Series, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Dawson, M. & Jackson, S. (2011, May). TIN TOWN: The unaccountable cost of the 2010 World Cup. University of Otago School of Physical Education Documentary Screening and School Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2010
Edited Book - Research
Beinart, W., & Dawson, M. C. (Eds.). (2010). Popular politics and resistance movements in South Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa: Wits University Press, 376p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Dawson, M. C. (2010). Resistance and repression: Policing protest in post-apartheid South Africa. In J. Handmaker & R. Berkhout (Eds.), Mobilising social justice in South Africa: Perspectives from researchers and practitioners. (pp. 101-136). The Hague, The Netherlands: Hivos/ISS Civil Society Building Knowledge Programme.
Dawson, M. C. (2010). 'Phansi privatisation! Phansi!': The anti-privatisation forum and ideology in social movements. In M. C. Dawson & W. Beinart (Eds.), Popular politics and resistance movements in South Africa. (pp. 266-285). Johannesburg, South Africa: Wits University Press.
Journal - Research Article
Dawson, M. (2010). The cost of belonging: Exploring class and citizenship in Soweto's water war. Citizenship Studies, 14(4), 381-394. doi: 10.1080/13621025.2010.490033
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dawson, M. C. (2010). The politics of protest policing in South Africa. Proceedings of the XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology: Sociology on the Move. (pp. 111). Retrieved from http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2010/
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. C. (2010, March). Academia and activism: Understanding different sites of research, knowledge production and social justice. Verbal presentation at the Alternative Futures and Popular Protest Conference, Manchester, UK.
Dawson, M. C. (2010, June). New theoretical insights into the study of social movements: Using the lens of "Southern theory". Verbal presentation at the South African Sociological Association (SASA) XVI Congress, London, UK.
2009
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2009, June). The cost of belonging: Exploring class and citizenship in Sowento's water war. Verbal presentation at the Comprehending Class Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dawson, M. C. (2009, June-July). Intersecting identities in social movements: Exploring race, class and gender in community movements. Verbal presentation at the South African Sociological Association (SASA) Annual Conference: Making Sense of Boarders: Identity, Citizenship and Power in Comparative Perspective, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dawson, M. (2009, December). Straddling the divide between academia and activism: Exploring different forms of knowledge production. Verbal presentation at the Path Towards Reflexive Sociology: Ethnography Matters, Porto, Portugal.
Dawson, M. (2009, November). Resistance and repression: Policing protest in post-apartheid South Africa. Verbal presentation at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Conference: Mobilising Social Justice: Unlocking the Potential for Civic Action to Achieve Structural Change, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2008
Journal - Research Article
Zeilig, L., & Dawson, M. (2008). Student activism, structural adjustment and the democratic transition in Africa. Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 6(2&3), 1-31.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2008, June). The value of networks in popular protest around access to water in Johannesburg, South Africa. Verbal presentation at the 38th International Institute of Sociology (ISS) World Congress, Budapest, Hungary.
Other - Edited Journal
Zeilig, L., & Dawson, M. (Eds.). (2008). Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 6(2&3) [Special issue: Student Activism in Africa]. [Guest Editor].
2007
Journal - Research Article
Dawson, M. C. (2007). Identity formation among learners at a South African high school: Assessing the interaction between context and identity. Race Ethnicity & Education, 10(4), 457-472. doi: 10.1080/13613320701658472
2006
Edited Book - Research
Alexander, P., Dawson, M. C., & Ichharam, M. (Eds.). (2006). Globalisation and new identities: A view from the middle. Johannesburg, South Africa: Jacana Media, 364p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Dawson, M. C. (2006). Students, activism and identity. In P. Alexander, M. C. Dawson & M. Ichharam (Eds.), Globalisation and new identities: A view from the middle. (pp. 275-294). Johannesburg, South Africa: Jacana Media.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dawson, M. C. (2006). Construction on campus: Three tiers of student identity. Proceedings of the XVI International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology: The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalising World. (pp. 58). [Abstract]
2005
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2005, January). Who is resisting globalisation? Questioning the diversity of global social movements. Verbal presentation at the Encounter in Open Space 1 Conference, Picada Café, Brazil.
2003
Journal - Research Other
Dawson, M. (2003). Fighting wars on different fronts: The role of social movements. Aambeeld/Anvil, 31(1), 29-32.
Dawson, M. (2003). From Brazil to India: Lessons from WSF III. Debate, 9, 27-30.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Dawson, M. (2003). Is another world possible? South African Labour Bulletin, 27(1), 64, 64.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Dawson, M. (2003). Young voices: South African students in the fight against neo-liberal globalisation. Globalisation and New Social Identities Symposium. (pp. 57-70). Johannesburg, South Africa: Centre for Sociological Research. [Full Paper]
2001
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Dawson, M., Matalala, W., & Maleka, L. (2001). 'Collective consciousness'. South African Labour Bulletin, 25(3), 93-95.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dawson, M. (2001, July). 'They're just not like us': The experience and identity amongst pupils at a high school in Gauteng. Verbal presentation at the South African Sociological Association (SASA) Annual Conference: Globalization, Inequality and Identity, Pretoria, South Africa.
MA (RAU) DPhil (Oxon)