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Feminist Intersectional Framework: Making Visible the Voices of a Marginalized Population

Carrie BauerArizona State University

International Congress for Qualitative InquirySaturday, May 19, 2012

cmbauer1@asu.edu815.440.6664

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IRC. (2012). New roots farm program. http://www.rescue.org/all-photo-essays?page=1

I want to “not just describe the world,

but seek to change it” (Pratt, 2010, p. 66).

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+Research QuestionsWhat social, political,

institutional, structural and power factors influence women refugees’ lived experiences, and

thus potentially impact their socio-economic empowerment?

How does a feminist, intersectional framework help

one answer this question?

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+ 4Main Points

Feminist Intersection

al Framework

Feminist Ethics

Feminist Methodologic

al & Theoretical

Tools

Intersectionality &Lived

Experience

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Feminist Ethics

A responsibility towards the participants and an active

move to better their lives along with the research project goals

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Feminist Ethics

Livable Life

A Livable Life “is what humans require in order to maintain and reproduce the conditions of their

own livability” (Butlery, 2004, p. 226).

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+Intersectionality

The entirety of moments and events that overlap to create one’s existence - where refugees come

across institutional inequalities that are both material and discursive and locate individuals

within certain hierarchical relationships.

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Lived Experience

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A framework or theory used to analyze the interconnected relationships that constitute life.

+ 8Historical Background of Refugees in the US

A Refugee is “a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country or return there because there is a fear of persecution...” (UN, 1954)

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US Refugee Historical Timeline

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L I F E

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Feminist Methodological & Theoretical Tools

Activist Scholarship

Interdisciplinary Methods

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+ Interdisciplinary Methods & Analysis

The use of multiple methods and tools of analysis

Historical Analysis Semi-Structured

Interviews Co-created Focus

Groups Participant Observation Photo-Voice

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Intersectionality & Lived Experience

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FEMINIST RESEARCH FRAMEWORK

Feminist Methodological & Theoretical Tools

Feminist Ethics

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051612 THANK YOU!

Also, if you are interested in projects like this please click on ASU Courses at www.socialeconomyaz.org

or Type in Gila Farm Cooperative Somali Bantu on

YouTube to experience a promotional video of the refugee farmers.

http://youtu.be/ZWqHOGzqjC4

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Feminist Intersectional Framework: Making Visible the Voices of a Marginalized

Population

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Carrie BauerArizona State University

International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry

Saturday, May 19, 2012Cmbauer1@asu.edu

815.440.6664