Surfeminism, Critical Regionalism, and Public Scholarship

Diffusion on simple heterogenous surfaces

“…Thus, this method is a computer simulation of the field emission fluctuation method [21] used experimentally to determine adsorbate diffusion coefficients. For the autocorrelation function, we can write…”

Decolonizing surf tourism: alternatives to development, surfer subjectivity, and surfscape commons governance

“…Together with Arturo Escobar's Encountering Development (1995) Finally, I would be remiss in failing to mention the influence my affiliation with the Institute for Women Surfers (IWS) has had on the body politics of my daily surfing life, my critical surf research, and surfeminist ideology/scholarly activism as part of an intersectional network of women surfer academics, media creatives, and practitioners leading gender and social justice-based activism in global surfing culture. Originally co-convened by Dr. Krista Comer and three-time world longboarding champion Cori Schumacher, the Institute for Women Surfers is an international association of women surfers engaged in research and justicebased initiatives supporting other women surfers and BIPOC surfing communities toward more equitable access to surfing spaces, diverse representation in the surf industry and media, as well as gender and racial freedom and diversity in surfing culture (see Comer, 2017;Olive, 2019). Reflecting what Comer (2010Comer ( , 2017 refers to as a "critical constellation" of 'girl localisms' and surfeminist activist networks, the Institute for Women Surfers provokes and amplifies social and gender justice in the world of surfing and beyond.…”

“…Originally co-convened by Dr. Krista Comer and three-time world longboarding champion Cori Schumacher, the Institute for Women Surfers is an international association of women surfers engaged in research and justicebased initiatives supporting other women surfers and BIPOC surfing communities toward more equitable access to surfing spaces, diverse representation in the surf industry and media, as well as gender and racial freedom and diversity in surfing culture (see Comer, 2017;Olive, 2019). Reflecting what Comer (2010Comer ( , 2017 refers to as a "critical constellation" of 'girl localisms' and surfeminist activist networks, the Institute for Women Surfers provokes and amplifies social and gender justice in the world of surfing and beyond. For example, the solidarity networks of social justice in surfing resulting from connections forged through the IWS reached an apex moment on June 5, 2020, with dozens of Black Lives Matter paddle-out events organized simultaneously around the world in affiliation with IWS member organization Black Girls Surf.…”

“…Critical surf scholars have engaged with decolonial and critical feminist frameworks to examine cultural dynamics related to coloniality-patriarchy in what Ruttenberg and Brosius (2019) refer to as occupied surfscape territories and imaginaries, representing critical sites of cultural resistance and social emancipation (Icaza & Vazquez, 2017;Nemani, 2015;Gilio-Whitaker, 2019;Olive, 2019). This body of scholarship includes discussions on surf localism(s) and diverse surfing subjectivities as resistance to white-male-dominated heteronormative modern surfing culture and associated neocolonial tourism development, as well as counter-narratives on non-modern surfing histories existing both prior and in parallel to Western colonization and appropriation (Comer, 2010(Comer, , 2017Walker, 2011Walker, , 2017Laderman, 2014;Ingersoll, 2016;Dawson, 2017aDawson, , 2017blisahunter, 2017, 2018a, 2018b, 2018cRuttenberg & Brosius, 2017Wheaton, 2017;Olive, 2019). In their efforts to make more visible the indigenous, localized and often marginalized histories, bodies, knowledges and sociocultural experiences that exist both within and outside Western surfing culture, critical surf scholars engage with critical race theory and decolonial frames to critique surf-related colonization and appropriation (Walker, 2011;Comer, 2016;Comley, 2016Comley, , 2018Gilio-Whitaker, 2017Jefferson, 2020), exalt non-Western surfing histories and epistemologies (Walker, 2006(Walker, , 2011(Walker, , 2017Ingersoll, 2016;Dawson, 2017aDawson, , 2017bDawson...…”

“…This body of scholarship includes discussions on surf localism(s) and diverse surfing subjectivities as resistance to white-male-dominated heteronormative modern surfing culture and associated neocolonial tourism development, as well as counter-narratives on non-modern surfing histories existing both prior and in parallel to Western colonization and appropriation (Comer, 2010(Comer, , 2017Walker, 2011Walker, , 2017Laderman, 2014;Ingersoll, 2016;Dawson, 2017aDawson, , 2017blisahunter, 2017, 2018a, 2018b, 2018cRuttenberg & Brosius, 2017Wheaton, 2017;Olive, 2019). In their efforts to make more visible the indigenous, localized and often marginalized histories, bodies, knowledges and sociocultural experiences that exist both within and outside Western surfing culture, critical surf scholars engage with critical race theory and decolonial frames to critique surf-related colonization and appropriation (Walker, 2011;Comer, 2016;Comley, 2016Comley, , 2018Gilio-Whitaker, 2017Jefferson, 2020), exalt non-Western surfing histories and epistemologies (Walker, 2006(Walker, , 2011(Walker, , 2017Ingersoll, 2016;Dawson, 2017aDawson, , 2017bDawson, , 2018, and support intersectional feminist resistance to patriocolonial constructs in surfing spaces (Comer, 2017;lisahunter, 2017;Olive, 2019). reflexivity to analyze researcher subjectivity and embodied surfer experiences across multiple/intersectional axes in "patriocolonial" surfing spaces (Comer, 2010;Nemani, 2015;Olive, 2015…”