ROARMAP

ROARMAP
Name	ROARMAP
Type	Registry
Established	2012
Country	International
Discipline	Activism; Policy

ROARMAP

ROARMAP is an online registry cataloguing student protest actions, strike campaigns, boycott initiatives and educational reform movements across campuses and civic spaces. It aggregates entries from participants and researchers documenting events linked to institutions such as Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Columbia University, Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Toronto, McGill University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Paris, Sciences Po, Heidelberg University, University of Amsterdam, University of Copenhagen, University of São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, University of Cape Town, University of Nairobi, Aarhus University, University of Helsinki, Trinity College Dublin, King's College London, London School of Economics, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of Bologna, Sapienza University of Rome, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Auckland University of Technology, Monash University, University of New South Wales, Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University, University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Brown University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington, University of British Columbia, Queen's University Belfast, University of Manchester, University of Birmingham, University of Leeds, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, Purdue University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, Rutgers University, Ohio State University, Arizona State University"}}

Overview

ROARMAP serves as a centralized record used by scholars, journalists and activists to trace campaigns such as the 1948 Student Revolt, the 1968 Paris protests, the May 1968 events in France, the Free Speech Movement, the 1969 Columbia protests, the Soweto uprising, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, the Velvet Revolution, the Umbrella Movement, the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Yellow Vest protests, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Me Too movement, the Save Our Schools campaigns, the BDS movement, the Anti-Apartheid Movement, the Farmers' Protest (2020–2021), the Hong Kong protests, the Gezi Park protests and contemporary climate strike actions inspired by activists like Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate and groups such as Fridays for Future.

History

ROARMAP was initiated to document post-2000 student and staff direct actions intersecting with policy debates involving institutions like UNESCO, European Commission, US Department of Education, UK Parliament, Canadian Parliament, Australian Parliament, Indian Parliament, German Bundestag, French National Assembly, Spanish Parliament, Italian Parliament, Brazilian Congress, South African Parliament, Kenya National Assembly and international bodies such as the United Nations and World Bank. Its provenance links to archival projects and academic networks led by researchers associated with Goldsmiths, University of London, University of Sussex, University College London, Birkbeck, University of London and think tanks like Institute of Development Studies and Chatham House.

Scope and Coverage

The registry covers actions at tertiary institutions, secondary schools, research institutes and civic coalitions involving entities such as Students for a Democratic Society, National Union of Students (UK), AFL–CIO, SEIU, UNISON, National Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, European Students' Union, National Union of Students (Ireland), Canadian Federation of Students, All India Students Federation, National Students Federation (Pakistan), Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores, Confédération Générale du Travail, Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund, Centrale Sindacale, Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, Solidarity (Poland), Zapatista Army of National Liberation and grassroots organizations such as Black Student Union, Young Communist League, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Code Pink, Greenpeace, Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth. Entries classify demands, tactics, participant counts and outcomes referenced against events like the General Strike of 1926, the UK Miners' Strike (1984–85), the French General Strike of May 1968 and the Wisconsin protests (2011).

Methodology

ROARMAP collects submissions via contributor forms, archival uploads, and curated research synthesizing material from repositories such as British Library, Library of Congress, National Archives (UK), National Archives and Records Administration, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, State Library of New South Wales and digital collections maintained by universities like Harvard Library, Bodleian Library, Yale University Library, Columbia University Libraries and Stanford Digital Repository. Metadata standards align with protocols used by Digital Public Library of America, Europeana, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and the Open Archives Initiative. Verification draws on press coverage from outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC News, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, El País, The Washington Post, Die Zeit and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Data Access and Use

Researchers access entries through a searchable interface that supports exports compatible with tools like R (programming language), Python (programming language), Gephi, QGIS, Tableau, NVivo and SPSS. Use cases include analyses in journals such as American Political Science Review, Social Movement Studies, Mobilization (journal), Journal of Higher Education, Comparative Education Review and citations in monographs published by presses like Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan and University of California Press. Datasets inform policy briefs at organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, International Labour Organization, Open Society Foundations and national research councils like the Economic and Social Research Council.

Impact and Reception

Academics and media have used the registry to map temporal patterns comparable to historical episodes like Chartist movement, Student nonviolent coordinating committee sit-ins, Anti-Vietnam War protests, Solidarity (Poland) strikes, Iranian Revolution, Philippine People Power Revolution, Carnation Revolution and contemporary comparative studies of the Arab Spring and European migrant crisis. Commentators from outlets such as The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, New Statesman and The Economist have referenced its compilations, while civil society advocates from Human Rights Watch, International Rescue Committee, Médecins Sans Frontières and Oxfam have cited entries in campaign assessments.

Governance and Funding

The registry is governed by an editorial board comprising academics from institutions such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics, University College London, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Melbourne, University of Toronto and policy advisors from organizations including International Institute for Strategic Studies, RAND Corporation, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, European Council on Foreign Relations and Asia Foundation. Funding historically has come from research grants and foundations including the Ford Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Wellcome Trust, European Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, National Science Foundation and philanthropic donors.

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