"Research on gender collides with some of the deepest fears in society.We are not just up against patriarchal anxietyabout female power; we are also confronted with the cultural insecurities of postcolonial nations that are always on the defensive pertaining to issues of identity and their relationship with the outside world."
--Hoda Elsadda, "On the Margins: Gender and Academic Freedom at Cairo University"
--Hoda Elsadda, "On the Margins: Gender and Academic Freedom at Cairo University"
Return to the Solidarity! page for the Women and Memory Forum. As you look at the different media on that page, ask yourself the following questions:
Once you've thought about those questions, respond here. You can add your name, or do so anonymously.
- Whose voices are privileged in the work of the Women and Memory Forum? Whose are silenced?
- What are some of the problems with the ways in which the Women and Memory Forum is distributing its work?
- What are some of the ways in which the Women and Memory Forum could do work that does not utilize "essentialist and monolithic categories that suppress issues of diversity, conflict, and multiplicity within categories” (Grewal & Kaplan, 1994, p. 3)?
Once you've thought about those questions, respond here. You can add your name, or do so anonymously.