Embodying Spirits of Resistance

Routledge, Paul; Simons, Jon

doi:10.1068/d130471

Cited by 45 publications

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“…Thus, Scott focuses on the circumstances under which direct producers such as small land holders, laborers, or tenants conflict with owners of the factors of production and, insofar as the forms of resistance conflict with the objectives of government, the state. Recently, a number of geographers have begun to examine the spatial dimensions of resistance (Harvey 1993;HaysMitchell 1995;Lawson 1995;Routledge and Simons 1995;Moss 1997;Pile and Keith 1997). Pile and Keith (1997), in the introduction to a collection of essays, argue that if we look beyond overt demonstrations and riots, it will become apparent that resistance has its own distinct spatiality.…”

Section: The Role Of Coping and Resistance In Structural Change At Thmentioning

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Sides of the Same Coin?: Coping and Resistance among Jamaican Data-Entry Operators

Mullings

1999

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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Since the late 1980s, the Jamaican government has sought to develop industry based on the export of information processing services such as data-entry and telemarketing. Such services make it possible for firms in industrialized countries to import computerized information to be used in their operations from developing countries for a fraction of the cost "at home." Export of these services from Jamaica has provided employment for many women who might otherwise not have found work. The low wages, harsh working conditions, and lack of occupational mobility that has come to characterize the sector, however, has minimized the potential contribution of this new form of industry to these workers' welfare. Combined with the negative impact that macrolevel policies of structural adjustment have had on low-income households (higher prices and reduced public-service provision), it is easy to conclude that women workers have been the victims of processes imposed from above by policymakers interested only in getting the "macroeconomic" numbers right. This paper argues that to take such a view is to ignore the subversive power embodied in the everyday strategies employed by women to resist demands that threaten to substantially reduce their welfare. In order to uncover how women sustain such subversive workplace tactics that invariably result in lower wages or dismissal, this paper argues that further scrutiny must be paid to the role that the homespace plays in supporting these everyday strategies of resistance.

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Section: The Role Of Coping and Resistance In Structural Change At Thmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sides of the Same Coin?: Coping and Resistance among Jamaican Data-Entry Operators

Mullings

1999

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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“…Critical engagement attempts to enact a third space modeled on flux rather than fixity, in order to resist the solidification of any particular oppositional position. In this light, critical engagement is not a renunciation of home, but negotiation between its empowerment and oppression (Routledge and Simons, 1995).…”

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The Third Space as Critical Engagement

1996

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“…They connect to our deep and untamed passions about the world (see Routledge and Simons 1995 ). Routledge (2003) points to convergence spaces where new solidarities are built.…”

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confidence: 99%