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feminism and social change- migrant rights, storytelling and resistance -…
feminism and social change- migrant rights, storytelling and resistance
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forms of resistance
protest against refusal of legal status, detention and deporatation
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Katz (2004), resistance, resilience or reworking?
•Patricia Hill Collins (2000) highlights how the political engagement and struggles by women of colour have often not been recognised as activism because of a narrow understanding of what activism is and the context in which women act.
•She cautions that simply viewing activism as agitating publicly through protests on the streets and in formal political settings for institutional political change does not capture much of the political activities of women of colour who, through their everyday activities often in private or semi-public spheres, are actively engaged in a struggle for group survival.
Smith (2016) , narratives and stories
narrative of reworking
women sometimes reject the term aslyum seeker, negative connotations
rejecting dominant narratives, feel that experiences don't match with the term "asylum seeker"
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often women are grouped with children, infantilises and victimises women
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Key pointsl
•Migrants and refugees resisting the violence of border controls through very visible protest but also less visible forms of resistance.
•Storytelling has been used as a tool in social justice campaigns BUT what stories can people tell? What will be heard and recognised?
•How can storytelling open up or close down possibilities for resistance? Think about the exclusionary narratives discussed.