The Department of Sociology of the Uppsala University (Sweden) organises an
international conference entitled ’Gendering Violence - Feminist Interventions
in Contemporary Research’ on 2-4 December 2009.
Keynote speakers include:
* Professor Yakin Ertürk, Middle Eastern Technical University, Turkey and UN
Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
* Professor Eva Lundgren, Uppsala University, Sweden
* Professor Jenny Kitzinger, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and
Cultural Studies, UK
* Dr. Sara Scott, DMSS Research & Consultancy, UK
Since the 1970s research on gendered violence has undergone a paradigmatic
shift. Placing womens experiences of mens violence in focus has opened up contextual
analyses in which connections between gender, violence and power have become
visible. This, in turn, has enabled a wide recognition of men’s violence as one
of the main threats against women and children, and against the essence of
democracy. However, old perspectives persist and take on new forms, in which
violence is marginalised, fragmented into separate types, or associated with
the others in contrast to us.
Today, there is a renewed need for lively academic discussions regarding
theories, methodologies and politics for the understanding and elimination of
gendered violence. How do we interpret the gap between in-principle
declarations on gender equality and the violent everyday life of women,
children and men? What are the relations between violence in extreme situations
in wartime, ritual contexts or fundamentalist groups (religious and other), and
the violence exerted next door? How do queer, masculinity, postcolonial, and
intersectional theories, and phenomena such as honour-related or same-sex
violence, challenge feminist research on gendered violence? How can we analyse
new forms of violence against women in the wake of international migration or
in the backwaters of legal protection?
Please visit the website of the conference here to get more details about
it (deadlines, participation, contact, etc.).
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· Abstract submission:
September 1
· Notification of
accepted abstracts: September 15
· Registration: October
1
· Last day for
payment: October 15
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Welcome
to Gendering Violence
Since the
1970s research on gendered violence has undergone a paradigmatic shift. Placing
women’s experiences of men’s violence in focus has opened up contextual
analyses in which connections between gender, violence and power have become
visible. This, in turn, has enabled a wide recognition of men’s violence as one
of the main threats against women and children, and against the essence of
democracy. However, old perspectives persist and take on new forms, in which
violence is marginalised, fragmented into separate “types”, or associated with
“the others” in contrast to “us”. Today, there is a renewed need for lively
academic discussions regarding theories, methodologies and politics to
understand and eliminate gendered violence.
How should
we interpret the gap between in-principle declarations on gender equality and
the violent everyday life of women, children and men?
What are the relations between violence in extreme situations in
wartime, ritual contexts or fundamentalist groups (religious and other), and
the violence exerted next door?
How do queer, masculinity, postcolonial, and intersectional theories, and
phenomena such as honour-related or same-sex violence, challenge feminist
research on gendered violence?
How can we analyse new forms of violence against women in the wake of
international migration or in the backwaters of legal protection?
We invite you to use this invitation as a source of inspiration, and send in
your abstract for a paper on feminist interventions in contemporary research on
gendered violence.