Centering Subjectivities: Theoretical Considerations for Practice With Women in Forced Migration

被引:4
作者
Wachter, Karin [1 ,2 ]
Snyder, Susanna [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Arizona State Univ, Sch Social Work, 411 N Cent Ave,Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004 USA
[2] Univ Texas Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[3] Univ Roehampton, Catherine Siena Coll, London, England
[4] Univ Roehampton, Theol, London, England
来源
AFFILIA-JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND SOCIAL WORK | 2018年 / 33卷 / 03期
关键词
African diaspora theory; forced migration; feminisms; postcolonialism; refugees; social work; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; IDENTITY; GENDER;
D O I
10.1177/0886109918766620
中图分类号
C916 [社会工作、社会管理、社会规划];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
Postcolonial feminist and African diaspora theories provide lenses through which to consider the impacts of forced migration on the internal and relational lives of womenaspects of experience less visible in policy, practice, and scholarship. Policy, practice, and research contribute to the framing of refugees as a static category of people irrespective of complex histories, geopolitical origins, and fluid identities impacted by structural forces. They can thus deny the subjective possibilities of women through the construction of identities that informs who refugees are and who they are expected to become. These overarching trends reflected in policy and practice have particular implications for women whose internal and relational processes remain to a large extent invisible. Drawing from postcolonial feminist and African diaspora theories, this article suggests that a practice of centering the subjectivities of women in forced migration may enhance the work of researchers and practitioners.
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页码:395 / 409
页数:15
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