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Leydesdorff, Selma; Passerini, Luisa; Thompson, Paul M.

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“…During the course of fieldwork, it became apparent that memories of the events were gendered for women who had participated in the first wave of Gorkhaland movement (Coombes, 2011; Leydesdorff et al, 1996). The traumatic experiences faced by women revealed itself during focus group discussions, Nita Biswa (47, housewife) ruminating her past experience narrated, The GNLF and GLO used violence as a strategy to muster power and influence in the hills.…”

Section: Politics Of Belongingness: the First Wave Of Gorkhaland Movementioning

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Gendered Frames of Mobilization: Differential Participation of Women in Ethno-politics of Darjeeling

Chhetri

2021

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

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While issues related to collective mobilizations have recently attracted considerable attention, little has been done to explore and explain the differential rate of participation of women in different forms of mobilization. While addressing the issues of gender within the charred ethno-politics of Darjeeling, this article will analyse women’s participation in two successive waves of Gorkhaland movements, followed by the recent mobilization for recognition as scheduled tribes. In this regard, the article will highlight how the overt use of violence, followed by the response of the state, contributes significantly towards differential participation in ethnic movements. Looking at the changing ethno-politics of the Darjeeling hills, the article argues that the gender difference within social movements is produced through anchoring frames which use cultural cues to structure the repertoire of the movement.

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Section: Politics Of Belongingness: the First Wave Of Gorkhaland Movementioning

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Gendered Frames of Mobilization: Differential Participation of Women in Ethno-politics of Darjeeling

Chhetri

2021

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

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“…As Selma Leydesdorff et al argue, it "takes a particular form of courage, and a painful effort, to call to mind those phases of life in which excessive stress, sadness and violence have been experienced." 5 Victims of trauma are all too often silenced, not only by the psychic effects of trauma itself but also by surroundings that may meet victims' stories "with resistance and denial. " 6 This means that readers have to listen carefully: "Such narratives therefore require particularly sensitive kinds of readings. "…”

Section: Selective Empathy In Trauma Textsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…5 Victims of trauma are all too often silenced, not only by the psychic effects of trauma itself but also by surroundings that may meet victims' stories "with resistance and denial. " 6 This means that readers have to listen carefully: "Such narratives therefore require particularly sensitive kinds of readings. " 7 Once the victim has overcome the challenges of facing and articulating the trauma, our job is to "bear witness."…”

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confidence: 99%

“…6 This means that readers have to listen carefully: "Such narratives therefore require particularly sensitive kinds of readings. " 7 Once the victim has overcome the challenges of facing and articulating the trauma, our job is to "bear witness." 8 Trauma stories thus place certain ethical responsibilities on us as readers.…”

Section: Selective Empathy In Trauma Textsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…7 Once the victim has overcome the challenges of facing and articulating the trauma, our job is to "bear witness." 8 Trauma stories thus place certain ethical responsibilities on us as readers.…”

Section: Selective Empathy In Trauma Textsmentioning

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Anxious Reading: Interrogating Selective Empathy in Trauma Memoirs

Rasch

2021

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Collective memory and trans history in the Italian context: Archival practices and the creation of the first trans archive in Italy

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Virtù

2023

Memory Studies

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In recent years, there has been a growing scholarly interest in the relationship between history, memory, archiving and trans experiences. This body of work has shown how questioning the praxis of archiving from the vantage point of trans experiences has the potential to problematise cis-heteronormative assumptions around the body, time and space and to queer the epistemological premises around what constitutes archives and archival practices. In this article, we present the experience of the project ArchiviST* – Archivi Storia Trans (Trans History Archives) which aims to create the first archive exclusively dedicated to the history of trans lives and activism in contemporary Italy. The project has been promoted by Trans Identity Movement, the most influential and long-lived trans association in Italy. Since its birth in 1979, Trans Identity Movement informally collected a substantial documentary heritage concerning trans and LGBTQIA+ history as a political practice to preserve the counter-memories of its people and movements. The ArchiviST* project carries out the inventorying and digitising of the materials, together with the collection of original video-recorded interviews with pioneering activists of the trans movement. By presenting a reflection on the process of ‘reconstructing’ an archive in this context, we unpack and explore some of the key issues surrounding trans archiving and collective memories in the Italian context: what counts as collective memory? What types of relationships are established between trans memories and the documents present in the archive? What memories have (not) been told, and what voices and subjects have (not) emerged as protagonists? We encourage a reflexive attitude towards the practice of trans archiving to problematise established historiographical categories, such as time, private/public, political engagement, life history and memory and to recognise the ethical and methodological challenges that such a path poses to historiography and archive research in general.

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Gendered Frames of Mobilization: Differential Participation of Women in Ethno-politics of Darjeeling

Gendered Frames of Mobilization: Differential Participation of Women in Ethno-politics of Darjeeling

Anxious Reading: Interrogating Selective Empathy in Trauma Memoirs

Collective memory and trans history in the Italian context: Archival practices and the creation of the first trans archive in Italy

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