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Feminists and the Forum: Is It Worth the Effort?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hewitt, Lyndi |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | In January of 2004 I attended my first World Social Forum in Mumbai, India, and my experience there was transformative in ways that I never could have predicted. I traveled to the Forum seeking insight into the direction of transnational feminist activism, and upon my return felt inspired both intellectually and emotionally by the critical analysis and the vibrant energy I encountered there. Since that time I have been listening and learning, observing the questions, visions, and challenges of women's and feminist activism in transnational spaces, all the while seeking ways that academic research might strengthen women's movements for social justice. In this paper, I engage in critical methodological reflection and empirical analysis as equally but differently important endeavors that I hope will be useful for movement activists situated in a variety of settings, including the academy. In the first section, I attempt to make visible the ways in which my commitment to feminist research influences my scholarly practice, including the development of my question, the gathering of my data, and the interpretation of my findings. I reflect explicitly on the methodological challenges of scholar-activism, and highlight several tenets of feminist methodology that bear particular importance for scholar-activists participating in and researching the social forum process. I then discuss my methodological approach and articulate the importance of the central 1) Generous funding from the Center for Ethics at Vanderbilt University has supported this research. Th anks also to Brooke Ackerly, Marina Karides, and Sonalini Sapra for their thoughtful feedback on earlier drafts of the paper. |
| Starting Page | 118 |
| Ending Page | 135 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1163/187219108X256244 |
| Volume Number | 3 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159&context=swb |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159&context=swb&httpsredir=1&referer= |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://brill.com/previewpdf/book/edcoll/9789047442875/Bej.9789004167698.i-248_015.xml |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
