Strategic Essentialism

Pande, Raksha

doi:10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg1170

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“…On the other hand, some groups may use the visibility of some aspects of their identity or positionality tactically, for example in the political struggle for recognition (Spivak 1988;Narayan 1997). When and if strategic (visual) essentialism is legitimate is a subject of controversial debates (Pande 2017;Stone 2004;Hoyt et al 2019).…”

Section: The Power Of Seeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Where Difference Begins

Nowicka

2022

Revisualising Intersectionality

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This chapter engages with seeing as a socio-cultural process and asks if it is possible to see beyond established categories. Nowicka illustrates how people struggle to order others into neatly delineated groups related to their gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity. Drawing on research from cognitive science and philosophy, the chapter investigates how we arrive from a messy sensory visual experience to discrete social categories. Thereby, the central interest of this chapter is the question how we could arrive at categories that better correspond to the intersectional experience of being in the world. Finally, the chapter points to the central role of attention and discusses the significance of the scientific gaze and the potential of artistic enquiry for a more intersectional form of seeing.

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Section: The Power Of Seeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Where Difference Begins

Nowicka

2022

Revisualising Intersectionality

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“…In the construction of indigeneity, essentialisation takes place both ways: Government or international authorities impose essentialist notions on indigenous groups by asking them to prove their authenticity for claiming group-specific rights. For indigenous people, what Spivak has called strategic essentialism (Pande, 2017) is part of broader mobilisation processes to push through their claims or make their voices heard.…”

Section: Brokerage Indigeneity and Resonancementioning

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Facilitating resonance: Brokerage in indigenous activism

Bräuchler

2021

Cultural Dynamics

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Putting forward a synergetic combination of three concepts – brokerage, indigeneity and resonance – this article investigates how brokers in Indonesia support indigenous communities in their struggle for citizen and human rights. It investigates the emergence of broker chains and multi-scalar activism that are needed to translate from the local – in this case the Aru Islands in Eastern Indonesia – to the global and vice versa. It engages with established and tracks the emergence of new brokers and analyses their strategies to produce resonance and mobilise for resistance on various scales, with media, arts and religion being main fields of engagement, and studies the challenges they face. The article thus explores the concept of brokerage within new fields and uses brokerage as an analytical lens to explore processes of mobilisation, relationship-building and identity construction.

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“…The use of identity-based language/terms as part of politics that draw sexual/gender minorities into societal mainstream culture might be indicative of ‘strategic essentialism’ (Spivak, 1993). Pande (2007: NP) rendered the latter as an advocacy trick, ‘provisionally accepting essentialist foundations for identity categories as a strategy for collective representation in order to pursue chosen political ends’. This is compatible with Duberman’s (2018) idea of ‘normative inclusion’ that questions the degree to which the ‘gay’ movement has ‘failed’ in this regard.…”

Section: Monuments and The Politics Of Lgbtq Inclusion In Contextmentioning

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Gay monuments in queer times: Amsterdam’s Homomonument and the politics of inclusive social practice

2021

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Despite growing debate about the role of monuments in diverse societies, there has been insufficient attention to contestations that have emerged involving ‘gay’ or ‘queer’ monuments. This article examines the politics of inclusion and exclusion that can stem from the social practices that evolve around these monuments, particularly as the imperatives and priorities of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) activism evolve while monuments, created in a particular historical and geographical context, are in some sense ‘set in stone’. Drawing on an intensive, mixed-methods case study of the Homomonument in Amsterdam, the article develops a grounded critique of processes of inclusion and exclusion specifically in relation to Black, bisexual and transgender people. With a focus on dance parties organised at the Homomonument, the article calls for more research that analyses monuments as sites of practice.

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Strategic Essentialism

Cited by 13 publications

References 11 publications

Where Difference Begins

Where Difference Begins

Facilitating resonance: Brokerage in indigenous activism

Gay monuments in queer times: Amsterdam’s Homomonument and the politics of inclusive social practice

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