Radical Korean Feminism: Women's Movement Seeks to #escapethecorset
by Jane Nam, PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy
CSWS Annual Review
The Work of Black Feminist Liberation: Writing Erotic Freedom in Black Feminist Fiction and TV
by Carmel Ohman, PhD Candidate, Department of English
In the Name of Honor?: Evaluating the Impact of Weather Variability on “Honor” Killings in Pakistan
by Amna Javed, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics
Every year, approximately 5,000 women are murdered globally in the name of honor. These crimes, labeled as “honor” killings, are meant to punish transgressing individuals who are believed to have brought shame to their families by overstepping social boundaries regarding acceptable sexual freedoms. In Pakistan’s context, where the “purity” of a woman is crucial to ensuring a successful arranged marriage, dishonor might result from, among other reasons, coming home late, having an alleged affair, or eloping.
“Two Sides of the Same Story”: Colonial Violence and Erasure in the University of Oregon’s (Fallen) Pioneer Statues
by Marc J. Carpenter, Doctoral Candidate, Department of History
When listening to Native students and community members talk about the “Pioneer” statues at the University of Oregon, I have heard the phrase “two sides of the same story” often enough that I do not know whom to credit. Until June 13, 2020, the Pioneer and Pioneer Mother monuments looked down from their pedestals on anyone passing either side of the President’s office at Johnson Hall. Both crafted by the same sculptor, each statue celebrated a different element of the colonial conquest of Oregon.
When listening to Native students and community members talk about the “Pioneer” statues at the University of Oregon, I have heard the phrase “two sides of the same story” often enough that I do not know whom to credit. Until June 13, 2020, the Pioneer and Pioneer Mother monuments looked down from their pedestals on anyone passing either side of the President’s office at Johnson Hall. Both crafted by the same sculptor, each statue celebrated a different element of the colonial conquest of Oregon.
"The Struggle Continues": Gender-Based Violence and the Politics of Justice and Care in Brazil
by Emily Masucci, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
For many historically marginalized women, the state and its institutions are not perceived as reliable. State-sponsored violence against women—low-income, afro-descendant, and indigenous women in particular—is a weapon with which the Brazilian state was founded and has maintained power since. The fabric of Brazil is stained by histories of forced sterilization of indigenous and afro-descendant women, of brutal rapes of young women students by military officials during the dictatorship, and recently by the calculated political feminicide of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco. Given this legacy, survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) are justifiably apprehensive of appealing to state institutions as they pursue safety and redress.
How I Gained 100 Japanese Grandmothers: Reflections on Intergenerational Conversation Inspired by CSWS
by Alisa Freedman, Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
The “Loophole of Retreat”: Seclusion, Privacy, and the Intimate Geographies of Black Life
by Faith Barter, Assistant Professor, Department of English
Food Under Fascism
by Diana Garvin, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages
The Alaska Mental Health Act: Tracing the Development of Public Health and the Nation-State
by Kristin Yarris, Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies
Reflections on Gender, Power, and Grief: The 2019-2020 Lorwin Lectureship on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
In 2019-20, CSWS launched the theme of “Gender, Power, and Grief” for our Lorwin Lectures and other speaker events. On a daily basis, we bear witness to the state-sponsored violence that renders the loss of certain lives and communities unworthy of grief. Immigrant communities are terrorized and families torn apart or imprisoned for exercising their basic human rights. Our speakers and programming sought to both honor the process of grief and the cultural practices of bereavement.