Pracademic knowledge

 As a scholar-activist (sometimes referred to as a "pracademic"), I frequently note the disparity between the respective knowledges. As a scholar, I deeply appreciate the many voices and interesting arguments from other academics, especially those who use clear empiricism, though as an activist I will note mentally that they always miss things that I've experienced repeatedly over the decades in various movements and campaigns.

As an activist, I deeply disagree with some of the more philosophically driven arguments backed by no serious groundtruthing by academics of both left and right, yet I am profoundly grateful for the empirical research that reaches strong conclusions based on much more than anecdotal evidence or even case studies. Large n studies, or experiments done with validity-threat-proof methodology, are exceedingly helpful to campaigners who wish to actually win, not just do something cathartic because it's "justified." 

Learning from all is messy and most effective. Learning from is not following after them; learning from is adding to the corpus of knowledge that feeds into your decision-making process, both as an individual and as a collective.