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The Hampton Institute (HI) is an American "working-class think tank" that was founded in 2013. In contrast to traditional think tanks, the HI is a virtual organization that does not have a physical location and does not seek to provide specific policy analysis for political parties. For organizational purposes, its official location is in Albany, New York with a main address located in Clifton Park, New York, a suburb of Albany. Current chairpersons are located throughout the United States (including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Colorado, Oregon, Hawaii, and California), as well as Canada (Montreal) and Australia.〔http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/ht.html〕 The HI was founded by Colin Jenkins, a libertarian socialist, with the purpose of giving a platform to everyday, working-class people to theorize, comment, analyze and discuss matters that exist outside the confines of their daily lives, yet greatly impact them on a daily basis. The organization was named after former Black Panther Fred Hampton and also cites inspiration from Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci and educator and philosopher Paulo Freire.〔http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/au.html〕 In order to remain consistent with their working-class billing, the HI claims to seek organic intellectuals as opposed to traditional intellectuals and scholars. In an interview from 2013, Jenkins even went as far as saying that "credentials are products of privilege" and "essentially mean nothing."〔http://whataboutpeace.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-hampton-institute.html?_sm_au_=iVVsD1vNs8DR68sH〕 Despite this, some members of the Hampton Team, as well as some contributors, possess PhDs.〔http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/oc.html〕 ==Organizational Makeup and Approach== The organization consists of fifteen departments, each with corresponding chairpersons, as well as a sub-department listed under "Current Projects" which includes a Director of Projects, Actions, and Activism. The fifteen departments are: Criminal Justice, Ecology & Sustainability, Education, Geopolitics, Indigenous Rights, Labor Issues, LGBTQ Rights, Race & Ethnicity, Social Economics, Social Movement Studies, Society & Culture, Spirituality & Religion, Urban Issues, and Women's Issues. Most of the current team, including Jason Williams (Criminal Justice), Andrew Gavin Marshall (Geopolitics), Derek Ide (Social Movement Studies), Syard Evans (Society & Culture), Cherise Charleswell (Women's Issues), Sean Posey (Urban Issues), Devon Douglas-Bowers (Politics & Government), Jonathan Mathias Lassiter (LGBTQ Rights), Jeriah Bowser (Ecology & Sustainability), and Eyad Alkurabi (Director of Projects, Action, and Activism) are founding members. The HI operates a publishing wing (Hampton Institute Press), a blog (The HI blog), and a bi-monthly podcast (A Different Lens) which is run by the Politics & Government department chairperson, Devon Douglas-Bowers. The organization also maintains a presence on social media, including Facebook (The Hampton Institute) and Twitter (@HamptonThink). Its operational structure is run as a collective, cooperative, and Non-hierarchical Organization. It is also independent and without ties to special interests. Jenkins commented on the organization's approach: ''"In terms of approach, the HI attempts to begin to fill the historical void of which Gramsci once termed, “Organic Intellectualism” – the collective politicization and critical analysis of and from the working class itself. The HI is indifferent to traditional structures dominated by the pedigreed and privileged intelligentsia. Our members are passionate and probing members of the common... (believe ) intelligent analysis exists throughout the socioeconomic spectrum, and the only thing that separates those who own a public voice and those who do not is varying degrees of privilege. “Credentials” essentially mean nothing because they are typically nothing more than products of privilege; and for that reason alone, perspectives and analyses coming from those credentials/privilege are often presented in a way that opposes the public-at-large (the working class). The HI seeks to challenge this embedded, highly-controlled and top-down mode of inquiry by offering an alternative, organic and bottom-up viewpoint."''〔http://whataboutpeace.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-hampton-institute.html?_sm_au_=iVVsD1vNs8DR68sH〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hampton Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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