#MeToo, the ICTY, and Intersectionality in Postsocialist Global Capitalism

Zenovich, Jennifer A.; Cooks, Leda

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“…In reimagining property, we present postsocialist feminist theory as a secondary lens through which students might contemplate alternative visions of ownership and the institutionalization of knowledge within the university. Postsocialist feminist theory, developed as a critique and remedy to socialism, focuses on property and ownership to explicate how socioeconomic master narratives situate subjects interculturally in relation to power (Zenovich & Cooks, 2019). Through the activity, we center ownership to juxtapose the property interests that drive socialism and capitalism.…”

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On whose land do I/we learn? Rethinking ownership and land acknowledgment

Cooks

Zenovich

2021

Communication Teacher

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In our semester original teaching idea, we detail possibilities of resistance to the neoliberal university by considering tribal critical race theory and postsocialist feminism as frames for decolonization. The semester takes shape by focusing on foundational readings to bridge decolonial and postsocialist thought as the basis for dialogue about neoliberalism as it manifests imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy in our universities. Focusing on property ownership as a discursive link between neoliberalism, decolonization, and postsocialism, we ask students to theorize/analyze how ownership of property and communication of that ownership maintains, extends, and resists colonial, liberal, and capital forms of power in the institution. We anchor our theoretical application by presenting students with a case study about the indigenous lands upon which our universities are built/occupy accompanied by a discussion about university "ownership" of ancestral remains and sacred objects. In our final assignment/assessment, students use decolonial and postsocialist feminist theory in assignments and discussion to reimagine the neoliberal university's relationship to property. Applying their critical understanding of history and alternative approaches to knowledge and property, students construct statements of commitment to actions that the university should take as a result of land acknowledgment. Courses: Communication Theory or Methods and Intercultural Communication.Learning Outcomes: By the end of this activity, students will be able to: (1) identify discourses of institutional ownership as it relates to property, bodies, and knowledge and apply what they learn to a public document; (2) engage in communication inquiry about property, equity, justice, and ownership; (3) apply ethical communication principles and practices;(4) utilize communication to embrace difference; and (5) practice democratic deliberation focused on public ownership.

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On whose land do I/we learn? Rethinking ownership and land acknowledgment

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Zenovich

2021

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Processes of recognition: from connective to collective action in the Swedish #MeToo movement

Hansson,

Sveningsson,

Ganetz

2024

Feminist Media Studies

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#konstnärligfrihet: reifikation som förtryckshandling och motstrategi

Hansson

Sveningsson

Ganetz

2023

TGV

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In the autumn of 2017, more than 2,000 female and non-binary artists and designers in Sweden joined forces in the group #konstnärligfrihet [artistic freedom] to share experiences of sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual violence, and to write a joint petition. Using a media timeline and semi-structured interviews, this article aims to situate #metoo in a larger narrative and investigate how sexual harassment within the Swedish art industry is explained and understood by 13 activists and representatives of art institutions.Our results show that there is a strong connection between oppression and economic exploitation. The art industry is characterized by precarious economic and social relations, but also by the idea of the genius and elitist ambitions of standing outside the social order and embodying an unexploitable particularity. This combination is crucial to understanding sexual harassment in the industry. A central theme in the interviews was the feeling of grief and frustration of not being allowed to work freely as an artist but forced to constantly navigate invisible but tangible structures. These structures are maintained performatively through various acts of oppression that are part of a reification process, which systematically limits the livability of the exposed identities. During #metoo, this reification process was counteracted and turned against the oppressors themselves through an objectification of “men” as oppressors. Another finding relates to the interviewees’ understanding of sexual harassment as based upon power. Here, the positions of powerful and powerless were not univocal. As power intertwines with desire and vulnerability, oppressive acts can be multifaceted and ambivalent, and take place as part of a dynamic negotiation of positions in the informal economic system.

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#MeToo, the ICTY, and Intersectionality in Postsocialist Global Capitalism

Cited by 3 publications

References 34 publications

On whose land do I/we learn? Rethinking ownership and land acknowledgment

On whose land do I/we learn? Rethinking ownership and land acknowledgment

Processes of recognition: from connective to collective action in the Swedish #MeToo movement

#konstnärligfrihet: reifikation som förtryckshandling och motstrategi

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