Where standpoint stands now

Hundleby, Catherine

doi:10.1080/1554477x.1997.9970820

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“…Placing too much emphasis on the difficulty of achieving and communicating authentic knowledge, or-to use the concept of critical communication theorists-of freeing ourselves from alienation, can trap intellectuals into depressed theoretical debates, which do little to improve the condition of their constituency. I consequently agree with Catherine Hundleby's (1997) assertion that standpoint theory remains today a necessary component of a feminist account of knowledge, despite the criticism it has recently received.…”

Section: Paralysis Essentialism and Political Action: The Dangers Of Multiple Selvessupporting

confidence: 74%

On the Possibility of Communicating: Feminism and Social Position

Darling‐Wolf¹

2004

Journal of Communication Inquiry

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This article sorts out some of the theoretical dilemmas related to issues of identity, difference, and location that have arisen on the horizon of critical and cultural communication studies in the past few decades. Tracing the origins of the belief in the epistemological significance of social position to early criticaltheorists, it explores the further development of this concept in feminist scholarship. Using the feminist struggle with standpoint epistemology as an example, this work explores some of the dangers associated with the assumption that membership in a subordinated group affords one privileged knowledge about oppression, and critically examines the practical difficulties of applying a theoretically sophisticated understanding of the role of social position to politically grounded research.

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Section: Paralysis Essentialism and Political Action: The Dangers Of Multiple Selvessupporting

confidence: 74%

On the Possibility of Communicating: Feminism and Social Position

Darling‐Wolf¹

2004

Journal of Communication Inquiry

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“…Aggression and opposition toward existing situations, individual practices, institutional policies and structures, etc., construct feminist identity and epistemology in specific ways (de Lauretis; Collins, pp. 8ff;Sandoval;Hundleby 1997). The controversies surrounding and within feminism thus might benefit from better understanding of adversarial argumentation.…”

Section: Controversy Coercion and Rationalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Aggression, Politeness, and Abstract Adversaries

Hundleby

2013

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Trudy Govier argues inThe Philosophy of Argument that adversariality in argumentation can be kept to a necessary minimum. On her account, politeness can limit the ancillary adversariality of hostile culture but a degree of logical opposition will remain part of argumentation, and perhaps all reasoning. Argumentation cannot be purified by politeness in the way she hopes, nor does reasoning even in the discursive context of argumentation demand opposition. Such hopes assume an idealized politeness free from gender, and reasoners with inhuman or at least highly privileged capabilities and no need to learn from others or share understanding. Abstract: Trudy Govier défend dansThe Philosophy of Argument que l'esprit d'opposition dans l'argumentation peut se maintenir à un minimum nécessaire. Selon son compte rendu, la politesse peut limiter l'esprit d'opposition auxiliaire d'une culture hostile, mais un certain degré d'opposition logique reste un aspect de l'argumentation, et peut-être de tout raisonnement. La politesse ne peut pas purifier l'argumentation de la façon qu'elle espère et le raisonnement dans le contexte discursif de l'argumentation n'exige pas une opposition. Ses espoirs supposent une politesse idéalisée détachée des sexes, et des raisonneurs doués de capacités inhumaines ou au moins très privilégiées et sans aucun besoin d'apprendre des autres ou de partager leur compréhension.

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“…Haraway (1991) and Longino (1999) argue that knowledge grows out of women's unique lived experiences and the specific interpretations of social reality (or standpoints) that go along with those experiences. Standpoint theories reject postmodernism's absolute relativism, offering a middle ground between "feminist empiricism" and "feminist postmodernism" (Hundleby, 1997). Standpoint theories do not deny scientific authority but rather aim to improve it through valuing the most discredited perspectives of knowledge (Alcoff & Potter, 1993).…”

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“…Standpoint theories are grounded in a version of empiricism which supports the notion that knowledge depends on experience (Hundleby, 1997). Feminist standpoint theories foreground women's knowledge as emergent from women's situated experiences.…”

Section: Feminist Standpoint Theoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visions and Voices: An Arts-Based Qualitative Study Using Photovoice to Understand the Needs and Aspirations of Diverse Women Working in the Sex Industry

Capous‐Desyllas¹

2000

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The ways in which sex workers have been studied and represented historically, socio-politically and academically do not take into account their voices, subjective experiences and participation in the process. Women working in the sex industry are seldom heard and their needs are consistently defined and represented by others. This contributes to the stereotyping and stigmatization of sex workers, while academic research is consistently being done on sex workers instead of with them.This study uses the arts-based research method of photovoice with individuals working in the sex industry in Portland, Oregon to understand their needs and aspirations through their own artistic self-representation. Understanding sex workers' needs from their own point of view provides the opportunity for collaborative knowledge creation of important issues in order to enhance social service design and delivery, and advocate for social change. Valuing sex workers' aspirations supports the acknowledgement of individual strengths, skills, and visions.Drawing from techniques of interpretive phenomenological analysis methods, the themes that emerge to illustrate the participants' needs and aspirations include: sustainability of the body; nourishment of the heart; fostering of the mind and soul; social justice and activism; dreams and desires; and self-empowerment and identity. The participants create meaning from their photographs through the use of self, performance, bodies, emotions, imagination, intellect, humor and story-telling. The role of intersectionality informs the sex workers' diverse experiences and their unique ways of self-expression.ii The researcher uses collage as reflexivity to illustrate, contextualize and reflect her physical, emotional, and mental experiences throughout the study. The multiple art exhibits that ensue from this study allow for the artists' visions and voices to travel to a broad audience beyond academia, in order to reach influential community advocates and challenge stigma and stereotypes. This arts-based study presents the richness and complexity of alternative forms of data, invites new levels of engagement that are both cognitive and emotional, and provides creative ways through which to explore and understand the experiences of sex workers.iii Dedication This dissertation is dedicated to the eleven artists featured in this study, who shared their lives, loves and wisdom with me.

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Where standpoint stands now

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On the Possibility of Communicating: Feminism and Social Position

On the Possibility of Communicating: Feminism and Social Position

Aggression, Politeness, and Abstract Adversaries

Visions and Voices: An Arts-Based Qualitative Study Using Photovoice to Understand the Needs and Aspirations of Diverse Women Working in the Sex Industry

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