Feminist co-optation and body politics in development

Harcourt, Wendy

doi:10.4000/books.iheid.7334

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“…In other instances, the practice of gender expertise altogether defies attempts to establish boundaries between academics and practitioners. Individuals partaking in this epistemic community are regularly involved both in developing the practice of gender expertise, and generating knowledge about this practice through academic publishing (see for example, Myrttinen and Swaine, 2015, Mackay, 2005, Harcourt, 2017, Stern and Zalewski, 2009.…”

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Gender experts and critical friends: research in relations of proximity

Holvikivi

2019

European Journal of Politics and Gender

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Research on gender expertise is often conducted from relations of proximity between academics and gender experts, raising familiar feminist methodological questions about the researcher/researched relationship. In this article, I take up the suggestion that such relationships should be guided by the principles of 'critical friendship'. I argue that critical friendship should be understood as a two-way relationship that creates space to negotiate the goals of gender expertise and how it is practiced. I also caution that relations of critical friendship may cause researchers to privilege the perspectives of Global North gender experts in academic analyses, while silencing other voices.

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Section: Research With Gender Expertsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender experts and critical friends: research in relations of proximity

Holvikivi

2019

European Journal of Politics and Gender

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Feminist co-optation and body politics in development

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Gender experts and critical friends: research in relations of proximity

Gender experts and critical friends: research in relations of proximity

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