Towards a More Inclusive Approach to Feminist Research and Praxis

Éditeurs invités

• Fang Lee Cooke, Monash University
• Chidozie Umeh, University of York
• Talia Esnard, University of the West Indies

Synthèse

Feminist scholarship remains dominated by Western epistemologies, systematically marginalizing knowledge and struggles from non-Western contexts. Non-Western feminist scholars face disproportionate pressure to justify methodological approaches centered on lived experience and indigenous knowledge systems. International journal metrics and performance-driven research funding entrench hierarchies that privilege Western abstractions over grounded, culturally situated feminist critique.

This special issue aims to reframe feminist scholarship by centering overlooked epistemologies and challenging white feminism's dominance. It seeks to position non-Western feminist knowledge as foundational rather than supplementary to gender studies of work and organizations. The initiative calls on editorial structures and peer reviewers to reconsider what constitutes rigor and contribution, recognizing that peer review processes can either reproduce or challenge existing knowledge hierarchies.

Thèmes proposés

• Phenomenon-based conceptualization of forms of feminist activism in non-Western settings
• Studies drawing on culturally affirming methods such as oral traditions, activist epistemologies, and indigenous cosmologies
• Transboundary, co-created feminist knowledge production challenging extractive hierarchies through reciprocity and solidarity
• Decolonial and inclusive approaches to feminist pedagogy, curriculum, and methodology in academic and activist contexts
• The role of the State in facilitating or preventing feminist movements and scholarship in non-Western countries
• The role of cultural traditions, religiosity and other institutions in shaping gender equality movements
• Forms of gender inequality including intra-gender inequality, intersectional feminism, and feminist activism's role in addressing or exacerbating these inequalities
• Silencing and marginalization of ethnic minority female workers in Western settings, including in professional occupations
• Geopolitical tensions and new forms of gender inequality and feminist resistance
• Critical analyses of white feminism's institutional dominance in publishing, policymaking, and global development and its impact on non-Western feminist scholarship
• Epistemic disobedience and feminist refusal as strategic tools of resistance within organizational settings