DSA Women and Development workshop - working with sensitive subjects
When:
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Venue:
External
No booking required
This event is free, but registration is required via Eventbrite
Jasmine Gideon, Ruth Pearson and Katy Jenkins (DSA Women and Development Study Group Convenors)
Gender and Development in its various guises has now become part of mainstream development research and project and programme initiatives. Much of the gender and development agenda requires discussion on subjects that are very personal to the research subjects - gender based violence including FGM, sexual assault, dowry practices, HIV status, maternal and child mortality - and more recently marriage, masculinity and sex trafficking. Even issues that do not appear to be immediately gendered such as employment in global supply chains, child labour, religion and culture, are also concerned with people's domestic and personal lives, and involve discussion of deeply held views, identities and cosmologies.
The DSA Women and Development group seeks to explore experiences of researching these topics within the context of development studies. Feminist research methodology holds that the gendered power relations between researcher and research should be challenged and replaced with more egalitarian practices. The extent to which this is possible in situations which by definition involve economic and social stratification, and imposing a research agenda which transgresses personal boundaries should be problemetised. What is a feminist position on researching sensitive subjects whilst at the same time contributing to analysis and practice which challenges predominant hierarchies?
This one day event will include presentations from academics researching a wide range of 'sensitive subjects' related to women and development, with plenty of opportunities for discussion. The full programme will be available shortly.
The annual meeting of the Women and Development study group provides an opportunity to share new research and network with others working in this area. PhD students, early career researchers and more established academics, all very welcome!