Men from the South

Boonzaier, Floretta; Huysamen, Monique; Niekerk, Taryn van

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“…To understand the multiple subject positions occupied by Adivasi men and how these are hierarchically situated in the contemporary context, Adivasi masculinities need to be situated within what Gutmann (1996) calls the local and global “flows” of masculine beliefs and practices. These flows of masculinity are moving and shifting in contexts of inequality, neoliberalism, and the emergence of right-wing ideologies (Boonzaier et al, 2020; Gutmann, 1996).…”

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Tracing the residues of colonial, economic, and gendered violence in the narratives of Adivasi men in India.

Arora¹

2023

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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The present article attempts to “under” stand (Bulhan, 2015) the economic and gendered violence that subtend contemporary enactments of Adivasi (scheduled tribes) masculinities in India. Breaking away from the epistemological violence (Smith, 1999; Teo, 2010) of Western Eurocentric academic traditions, this article draws on critical discursive decolonial feminist frameworks (Lugones, 2008; Segalo & Fine, 2020) to understand how Adivasi men narrate their lives, identities, and their dreams, and what they fail to speak. Two interviews and one focus-group discussion conducted with Gond Adivasi men in Central India, alongside my own ethnographic accounts of working in the region with feminist organizing, are analyzed. I argue that Adivasi men’s subjectivities in India are shaped by the violence of “double colonization” (Xaxa, 2021). First, colonial categories created by the British such as “scheduled tribes” and associated ascriptions of “primitiveness” bear significantly on contemporary Adivasi subjectivities and gender relations. Second, colonization of men’s labor and bodies by the (unfulfillable) gendered demands as “breadwinners” for the family within a neoliberal context disenfranchise and push them to the bottom of the economic order. Enmeshed with colonialism and the neoliberal restructuring of the political economy, domestic abuse permeates homelife. Adivasi men themselves bear witness, dehumanize, silence or at worst harm women through their verbal and bodily enactments. Implications of these results are discussed in light of globalization, the rise of right-wing ideologies blanketed in patriarchy, and increased state oppression toward tribal communities.

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Section: Uncertain Beginningsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tracing the residues of colonial, economic, and gendered violence in the narratives of Adivasi men in India.

Arora¹

2023

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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“…Connecting back to theories of men and masculinities, the work must also be responsive to the diversity amongst men (Alcalde 2014; White and Peretz 2010) and counter reductionist understandings of men, masculinities, and MVP as a white, cis-gender, and heteronormative praxis (Peretz 2017). Scholars have also noted the importance of decolonial perspectives in examining the study of masculinities broadly (Connell 2022), and in the situated linkages between patriarchies, masculinities, and men’s perpetration of and complicity in violences (Van Nierkerk 2021). Boonzaier, Huysamen, and Van Niekerk (2021) argue there is a need to shift MVP work from “Eurocentric framings and Northern models… towards the development of local knowledge projects of gender and violence” (84).…”

Section: Men’s Violence Preventionmentioning

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“…Scholars have also noted the importance of decolonial perspectives in examining the study of masculinities broadly (Connell 2022), and in the situated linkages between patriarchies, masculinities, and men’s perpetration of and complicity in violences (Van Nierkerk 2021). Boonzaier, Huysamen, and Van Niekerk (2021) argue there is a need to shift MVP work from “Eurocentric framings and Northern models… towards the development of local knowledge projects of gender and violence” (84). Van Nierkerk (2021) adds that work in this area should be “theorised in the south for people in the south” (262).…”

Section: Men’s Violence Preventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Boonzaier, Huysamen, and Van Niekerk (2021) argue there is a need to shift MVP work from “Eurocentric framings and Northern models… towards the development of local knowledge projects of gender and violence” (84). Van Nierkerk (2021) adds that work in this area should be “theorised in the south for people in the south” (262). Thus, while programs can learn from one another and share practices and approaches, there is no one-size-fits-all solution.…”

Section: Men’s Violence Preventionmentioning

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Men’s Violence Prevention and Peace Education: Drawing on Galtung to Explore the Plurality of Violence(s), Peace(s), and Masculinities

McInerney

Archer

2023

Men and Masculinities

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This article examines a concern that some programs engaging men in the prevention of violence against women use overly homogenized conceptions of violence. In response, the authors draw on their experience teaching men's violence prevention in North America and the UK and their background in peace studies to bring Johan Galtung’s influential peace and conflict frameworks into the men’s violence prevention context. It is argued a feminist-informed Galtungian approach can support existing men’s violence prevention by 1) incorporating heterogeneous conceptions of men’s direct, cultural, and structural violences; 2) introducing conceptions of positive and negative peaces; and 3) outlining different programmatic strategies through peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peacebuilding approaches. This article outlines how Galtung’s framework can help improve men’s violence prevention by providing an accessible, contextually adaptable, and analytically useful framework to support men in understanding violence, peace, and the interdependent relationships between violences, peaces, and peace-work in addressing violence against women.

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“…This is also specifically constrained in scope by our focus on English language podcasting. It is important to note this limitation to our own work, and how the same limitation operates across the field of engaging men -disproportionately drawing attention and resources towards scholarship and praxis in Global North, Anglophone countries like the USA and UK (Boonzaier et al, 2021). Rather than define and declare what pro-feminist podcasting is or should be, we hope to use this article to start a conversation about the potential of podcasting in the field of engaging men and to draw attention to the need for further work and research in this area in diverse global contexts.…”

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Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Justice Through Pro-Feminist Podcasts

McInerney,

Burrell

2023

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This article explores pro-feminist podcasting as an emergent approach to engaging men and boys in gender justice. In recent years, an increasing number of podcasts have surfaced which implicitly or explicitly espouse pro-feminist praxis. However, scholarship in this area remains underexamined. This article seeks to move the literature forward by 1) situating pro-feminist podcasting within the wider multi-disciplinary literatures on critical podcasting pedagogies; 2) sharing examples from the current landscape of English-language pro-feminist podcasts; and 3) discussing the potential benefits, challenges, and risks of this approach. In doing so, this article considers how pro-feminist podcasts have the potential to expand men’s engagement efforts to wider audiences, provide new accessible entry points, and help facilitate ways to bring together and mobilise groups of pro-feminist men. However, there are several challenges and tensions involved in pro-feminist podcasting - as is the case with other forms of engaging men and pro-feminist allyship - which demonstrate that this work should be undertaken with care, ongoing reflexivity, and accountability. Overall, this article seeks to start a conversation about the potential of podcasting in the field of engaging men and boys and to draw attention to the need for further work and research in this area.

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Men from the South

Cited by 6 publications

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Tracing the residues of colonial, economic, and gendered violence in the narratives of Adivasi men in India.

Tracing the residues of colonial, economic, and gendered violence in the narratives of Adivasi men in India.

Men’s Violence Prevention and Peace Education: Drawing on Galtung to Explore the Plurality of Violence(s), Peace(s), and Masculinities

Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Justice Through Pro-Feminist Podcasts

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