Other: F1.2 Intersectionality - How intersectionality makes our movements stronger
Summary
The use of the concept of intersectionality is becoming more common in social movements. Activists can now call themselves "intersectional" to convey the idea that they are paying attention to the intersection of multiple oppressive dynamics and fighting them without hierarchies.
Although activists' use of the concept is necessarily looser than academics', intersectionality has helped social movements develop an understanding of the past and present social and economic structures that oppress people, as well as the concrete struggles and mobilisations against these structures. All of this has been key to imagining possible paths to emancipation.
This panel will explore the implications of adopting intersectionality as an analytical concept and as a perspective for social movements. First, the panelists will help us bridge the gap between intersectionality as a theory and how it can be used to change the way we organise as social movements (e.g. recognising and addressing the power dynamics at play in our organisations). Then they will share their perspective on what it means to be an ally and give us a sense of the analyses and narratives that have already been incorporated into our traditional corpus but deserve to be more widely disseminated, such as decolonial ecology and feminism, for example.
Description
The use of the concept of intersectionality is becoming more common in social movements. Activists can now call themselves "intersectional" to convey the idea that they are paying attention to the intersection of multiple oppressive dynamics and fighting them without hierarchies.
Although activists' use of the concept is necessarily looser than academics', intersectionality has helped social movements develop an understanding of the past and present social and economic structures that oppress people, as well as the concrete struggles and mobilisations against these structures. All of this has been key to imagining possible paths to emancipation.
This panel will explore the implications of adopting intersectionality as an analytical concept and as a perspective for social movements. First, the panelists will help us bridge the gap between intersectionality as a theory and how it can be used to change the way we organise as social movements (e.g. recognising and addressing the power dynamics at play in our organisations). Then they will share their perspective on what it means to be an ally and give us a sense of the analyses and narratives that have already been incorporated into our traditional corpus but deserve to be more widely disseminated, such as decolonial ecology and feminism, for example.
