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Theory as Liberatory Practice
Let me begin by saying that I came to theory because I was hurting-the pain within me was so intense that I could not go on living. I came to theory desperate, wanting to comprehend-to grasp what was happening around and within me. Most importantly, I wanted to make the hurt go away. I saw in theory then a location for healing
Writing for Reconciliation: A Musing
This musing grew out of the AEPL Summer Conference in Berea, Kentucky, June 2006, at which bell hooks was the keynote speaker
Mulheres negras: moldando a teoria feminista
Resumo
Este texto de bell hooks teve um papel central na discussĂŁo contemporĂąnea sobre os limites do feminismo para levar em conta as posiçÔes sociais e as experiĂȘncias das mulheres negras. A crĂtica Ă visĂŁo de que existe um coletivo âmulheresâ, bastante presente na literatura posterior, Ă© feita por hooks a partir da exclusĂŁo das mulheres negras do conhecimento e da polĂtica feministas. Ela chama atenção para as relaçÔes de opressĂŁo e dominação entre mulheres e, nelas, para o silenciamento das mulheres negras. O ponto de vista dessas mulheres, em contraposição a um ânĂłsâ baseado na experiĂȘncia das mulheres brancas e de classe mĂ©dia, Ă© destacado na construção da teoria feminista e de um projeto polĂtico feminista radical.
Palavras-chave: teoria polĂtica feminista; raça; dominação; mulheres; poder.
Abstract
This essay by bell hooks has played a central role in contemporary discussions about the limits of feminism to consider black womenâs social positions and experiences. The criticism to the understanding that there is a collective subject such as âwomenâ, very frequent in later literature, is produced by hooks considering the exclusion of black women from feminist knowledge and politics. She underlines oppression and domination among women and that they prevent black women from speaking. The perspective of those women, as opposed to a âweâ based on the experience of white middle class women, becomes central in building feminist theory and a radical feminist political project.
Keywords: feminist political theory; race; domination; women; power
Woman Changing Buddhism: Feminist Perspectives
This chapter is a conversation with bell hooks, Sharon Suh, and Karma Lekshe Tsomo; moderated by Susanne Mrozik. This panel conversation explores the diverse contributions that diverse kinds of women are making to Buddhism in the U.S. today
Politicising the âpersonalâ:the resistant potential of creative pedagogies in teaching and learning âsensitiveâ issues
Drawing upon student narratives gleaned through qualitative interviews, this paper argues that teaching and learning âsensitiveâ issues surrounding gender and sexualities through âcreativeâ pedagogies can be a mode of resistance against the reproduction of problematic social discourses, and to the negative impacts of neoliberalism on studentâs learning within higher education. The findings point to the importance of speaking about sensitive issues; the value of creative approaches for enhancing learning; and that together these can enable students to articulate an agenda for social change. Students saw the âpersonal as politicalâ â of sharing personal journeys around sensitive issues as important. They further spoke of âapathyâ in an neoliberal era of student âconsumersâ and how this could curtail âcreativeâ teaching and jeopardise learning. Overall, it is argued that creative approaches to teaching and learning sensitive issues can invoke a resistant potentiality which exposes the âhidden injuriesâ of the neoliberal university
Aesthetics of Resistance in Western Sahara
In reaction to neo-liberal globalization policies that were spearheaded in the
1980s by Reagan-economics and Thatcherism, indignant movements ignited
globally in distinct places, spaces, and territories, using diverse resistance
strategies, both violent and nonviolent. Today, two years into the new social
media revolutions, with the âArab Springâ (in Tunisia known as Sidi Bouzid
Revolt, in Libya as the Revolution of February 17th, and in Egypt as Revolution
of January 25th), the âindignado/aâ movement in Spain, and âOccupy
Wall Streetâ in the United States, what does it mean to be âindignantâ?Within
an interdisciplinary Peace Studies and Research context, how do we begin to
talk about and theorize this (inter)subjective move from being a âvictimâ to
being âindignant?â And, how do we do so in a way that captures the complex
and multi-layered dimensions of liberation struggles? We begin with a
theoretical overview in order to frame the discussion. We then specifically
examine the âSahrawi Springâ in order to see theory in practice. As Africaâs
last colony,Western Sahara provides an interesting look into the aesthetics of
resistance
Migrant African women: tales of agency and belonging
This paper explores issues of belonging and agency among asylum seekers and refugee women of African origin in the UK. It discusses the ways these women engendered resistance in their everyday life to destitution, lack of cultural recognition, and gender inequality through the foundation of their own non-governmental organization, African Womenâs Empowerment Forum, AWEF, a collective âhomeâ space. The focus of this account is on migrant womenâs agency and self-determination for the exercise of choice to be active actors in society. It points to what might be an important phenomenon on how local grassroots movements are challenging the invisibility of asylum seekersâ and refugeesâ lives and expanding the notion of politics to embrace a wider notion of community politics with solidarity. AWEF is the embodiment of a social space that resonates the âin-betweenâ experience of migrant life providing stability to the women members regarding political and community identification
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ICNavS: A tool for reliable dynamic route guidance
The aim of this paper is to devise a new reliable dynamic route guidance approach by integrating the A* algorithm, the concept of reliability and an existing route guidance method into a single package. A new purpose-developed software tool, the Imperial College Navigation Software (ICNavS), is presented, so as to implement and demonstrate the new approach on a real road network, using simulated data. A summary of the background of the program is given, followed by a procedure developed in order to model the features of real road networks, as well as missing data. Then, a imulation experiment on a part of West Londonâs road network is carried out and the results are presented
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