Transnational Feminism as a Paradigm for Decolonizing the Practice of Research: Identifying Feminist Principles and Methodology Criteria for US-Based Scholars

Falcón, Sylvanna M.

doi:10.1353/fro.2016.a618389

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“…To expand and elaborate on the aforementioned concerns, I wanted to write a non-academic in-depth piece about harassment in Arabic. From a decolonial and transnational perspective, writing in Arabic challenges the dominance and entitlement of the English language ‘as the main linguistic lens to shape our intellectual thoughts’ (Falcón, 2016, p. 189). However, I wanted it to be a co-authored piece with an activist living in Iraq.…”

Section: Critical Allyshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, translation becomes a necessary, yet challenging, tool to use in our research practices so that ‘feminist thoughts that are developed in non-English-speaking Global South countries … [reach] feminists in the Global North’ (Bose, 2011, p. 748). It is a strategy for engaging in bilingual communication, moving away from monolingualism and overcoming language barriers (Falcón, 2016, also see Marcus, 1995). For these reasons, I consciously translated the co-authored piece into English and published it on the same Iraqi platform after negotiating the point with the founders and editors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…My work contributes to the exciting, emerging literature focused on digital ethnographies (Markham, 2005; Postill and Pink, 2012; Hine, 2015; Wang and Liu, 2021) and their intersection with feminist theories (e.g., Gajjala, 2004; Danley, 2021). A fellowship-based method is guided by the principles of feminist scholarship, particularly postcolonial, decolonial and transnational feminist paradigms (e.g., Liu, Huang and Ma, 2015; Falcón, 2016; Smith, 2021). Such principles allow the researcher to see through the eyes, stories and aspirations of women feminist activists from the four countries in question.…”

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feminist activist ethnography through Arabic Twitter: fellowship as a method

Mustafa

2024

Feminist Review

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This article reflects on my journey conducting online ethnography through Iraqi, Saudi, Kuwaiti and Yemeni feminist Twitters as an Iraqi researcher residing in the United Kingdom. It examines the intersection of online ethnography and feminist activism, emphasising the essential role of long-term immersion in social media spaces as an activist prior to undertaking this type of research. I gained crucial insights into the complexity, fluidity and emotional dynamics of online spaces and relationships through years of visible presence and engagement with other activists before conducting my ethnography. While some level of intimacy and affiliation with feminist activists existed, the absence of offline encounters posed challenges to forging friendships; however, this difficulty served as a catalyst for developing an ethical method to navigate relationships with participants and address the limitations of a friendship-based approach. In this article, I propose an alternative approach centred around a fellowship affiliation, approaching other activists as ‘fellows’ in the two Arabic senses of zamāla and rifqa (peer- and comrade-driven) relationships. This shift in the researcher–participant relationship moves away from the intense and demanding nature of the ṣadāqah (friendship) relationship. In doing so, it offers a politically powerful stance and a much-needed critical space for constructive debate while maintaining mutual respect and a shared commitment to the cause. The fellowship-based method necessitates activist transparency and critical allyship dedicated to collaboration and unconventional methods of knowledge co-production, promising solidarity and transcending differences and disagreements. Nonetheless, achieving this can, at times, be challenging. While acknowledging the limitations of the approach, the article recognises that moments of silence or distance can also arise from a sense of activist responsibility and commitment to protecting others.

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Mustafa

2024

Feminist Review

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“…A transnational feminist lens seeks to enrich knowledge about a nation-state by considering nation-states in relation to the rest of the world (Kim-Puri, 2005). Hence, modernist ontologies that rely on dualism (Falcón, 2016) would not help understand complex, changing, and simultaneously intersecting identities of transnational spaces; instead, a relational ontology that rejects dualism is required in doing research transnationally. Therefore, I utilize transnational intersectionality (Purkayastha, 2010) as a theoretical framework in AR portraiture methodology to study changing axes of power and domination shaping Iranians' lives in transnational spaces and examine their complicated experiences from different angles.…”

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AR Portrait Painting in Dialogue with Woman, Life, Freedom

Hajesmaeili

2023

Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education

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This paper introduces AR portrait painting in Dialogue, a novel arts-based research methodology that integrates Augmented Reality (AR) technology with portrait painting to effectively analyze and visualize data while fostering collaborative and democratic knowledge construction. The methodology leverages the interpretive, analytic, and performative potentials of AR portraiture to illuminate complex sociocultural contexts of the research. Central to this approach is the acknowledgment and valorization of diverse subjective interpretations, inviting researchers, participants, and viewers in the co-construction of knowledge through dialogue. The intersubjective and open-ended knowledge construction is particularly pertinent for investigating ongoing and intricate social and political issues. Furthermore, the multiplicity of subjective perspectives and diverse interpretations within the AR portrait painting methodology enhances the credibility, authenticity, and truthfulness of the generated knowledge. To exemplify the utility of this innovative methodology, a case study is presented that showcases how AR portrait painting in dialogue effectively represents and communicates the experiences of Maryam, an Immigrant woman, as a resident of transnational spaces. Finally, discussing the potential and challenges of employing the AR portrait painting methodology provides valuable insights for art educators seeking to integrate AR art into their pedagogical practices.

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“…Find the findings in Supplementary Table S1 (56). criteria were used to determine whether a concept, theory, or methodology satisfied the call for decolonial approaches.…”

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Social entrepreneurship in sport: a peripheral country perspective

Kamyuka,

Misener,

Tippett

2023

Front. Sports Act. Living

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For the past decade, scholars have been working towards developing a robust theory of social entrepreneurship in sport (SES). However, SES theory remains void of peripheral country perspectives and thus perpetuates the Eurocentric views of entrepreneurship. This paper used a decolonial feminist lens and Whittemore and Knafl’s methodology to conduct an integrated review of SES literature written in or about a peripheral country context. The review examined how scholarship from and about this context had considered geographical and culturally specific perspectives in the development of SES theory. A total of n = 1971 papers were retrieved, with only n = 12 providing relevant peripheral country context. This scarcity of literature indicates that the current theory of SES lacks peripheral country perspectives. Many papers in this review (n = 5) are written by authors in or from a peripheral country. Their contributions to SES literature revealed the decolonial feminist approaches that centralize alternative perspectives and added plurality to the definition of SES. The findings revealed the nuanced theoretical approaches to SES and highlighted the gaps in this context. The review shows how, despite the rise in social enterprises that focus on gender equity and the economic inclusion of women, gendered studies were still very scarce.

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Transnational Feminism as a Paradigm for Decolonizing the Practice of Research: Identifying Feminist Principles and Methodology Criteria for US-Based Scholars

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feminist activist ethnography through Arabic Twitter: fellowship as a method

feminist activist ethnography through Arabic Twitter: fellowship as a method

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