Feminisms, Collaborations, Friendships: A Conversation

Abstract

Upadhyay, and Begüm Uzun (hereafter, the Toronto Group) for the Turkish feminist magazine Kültür ve Siyasette Feminist Yaklaşımlar (Feminist approaches in culture and politics).  The Toronto Group are five doctoral students and student workers at the University of Toronto and at York University in Toronto. Located in departments of political science and sociology, they formed their group as a critical intellectual space outside their formal academic affiliations and conducted a series of interviews with feminists of color that were published by Kültür ve Siyasette Feminist Yaklaşımlar. Richa Nagar is a feminist scholar, teacher, and alliance worker who writes as a theorist, poet, theater worker, and sangtin in English, Hindi, and Awadhi. Her academic research has evolved at the nexus of transnational and postcolonial feminisms, critical geography, and political praxis. This conversation, which came about in 2014 and 1. The interview was conducted, transcribed, and edited by the Toronto Group in English; reviewed and revised by Richa Nagar; and then translated into Turkish by Kültür ve Siyasette Feminist Yaklaşımlar, an online feminist journal based in Turkey. The journal, which began in 2006, is published by a women's collective that aims to build bridges between academics and activists.