Session: N2(b) - Feminist Intersectionality in Theory, Research and Praxis : An Interdisciplinary Conversation

Date: May 31, 2016 | Time: 10:45am to 12:15pm | Location: Trailer A102

Joint Session / Séance conjointe: with/avec CASWE/ACFTS; CASWE/ACÉFÉ; CCWH/CCHF; CRIAW/ICREF; CPSA/ACSP; CSA/SCS ; SSS-SES ; WGSRF, and hosted by SSS-SES

Chair/Présidente: Susan Spronk (University of Ottawa)

Participants & Authors/Auteurs:

Angela Miles (University of Toronto ) : Feminist Intersectionality Through the Lens of Theory and Practice

Karen Ruddy (York University) : Rethinking Intersectionality: Gender Variance, International Feminism, and the Politics of Post-War Reconstruction

Sabina Chatterjee (York University) : Colliding at the Intersections: Complacency, Accountability and Change

Intersectionality has become an important approach for examining the interconnectedness of systems of oppression in women’s lives, including by feminist scholars. It has varied manifestations - theoretical, methodological, historical and contextual. This panel examines how scholars have used feminist intersectionality methodologically, in theory and/or in praxis, and also reflects on the strengths, limitations, implications and/or challenges of their experiences with it. Questions include: how is an approach both intersectional and feminist? How is such analysis stronger than analysis that is not intersectional? Or feminist? What are the contradictions, limitations of how women’s multiple dimensions are considered?