3. Producción
Browse
6 results
Search Results
- Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Contributions and limitations of diverse qualitative methods to feminist participatory and action research with women in the wake of gross violations of human rights(Elsevier, 2020-12-19)This article explores several qualitative research methods deployed in three case studies in which activist feminist scholars trained in the global north engaged in participatory research processes with Indigenous women in Guatemala and Peru and with Latina migrants in the United States. We authors accompanied these women as they resisted oppressive conditions, engaged in healing processes, and persisted in transforming their lives towards realizing a better future for themselves and their families in the context of continuous violence and impoverishment. The article explores sometimes overlooked aspects of participatory methods, including (1) the contribution of individual interviews within participatory and action research processes, which are generally based on group processes; (2) diverse creative, participatory strategies for data collection, analysis, and sharing of co-constructed knowledge(s) to study participants and co-researchers who have endured gross human rights violations; and, (3) the dialectics of voice and silence evident in FPAR and FPR processes of accompanying these women through dialogic research relationships. We conclude with implications for participatory activist scholarship that draws on qualitative methods to document the diverse meanings of experiences of violence, resistance, and healing. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Andean women’s persistence amidst racialized gendered impoverishment, capitalist incursions, and post-conflict hauntings(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-02)Throughout the last four decades, Andean women from the highland communities of Peru have been significantly affected by ongoing neoliberal capitalist development and patriarchal structures. These intersecting violence(s) took on more horrific dimensions during the Peruvian armed conflict (1980–2000) and have contributed to multiple psychosocial sequelae that linger in the daily lives on these communities as “ghostly matters.” Seeking to face these experiences in a context of ongoing material impoverishment, Andean women from highland communities have initiated multiple associations or economic collective projects. The authors accompanied a group of women who formed a knitting association and facilitated a feminist participatory action research (FPAR), creating opportunities through which these women could engage in action-reflection processes toward enhancing their association. Twelve women from this FPAR process agreed to be interviewed by the first author who sought to explore their understandings about the processes of forming their association in this post-conflict context and the challenges they were facing. Interview transcripts were analyzed using Charmaz’s constructivist grounded theory coding strategy. The findings reveal multiple challenges for women’s collaborative work created by ongoing racialized gendered violence and its intra- and interpersonal effects. Moreover, the findings confirmed that capitalist development dynamics, and, more particularly, resources introduced by agents from outside the community, bring both gains and losses for Andean women. The latter reported having learned skills that allowed them to better insert themselves in a market economy, but that these new activities were displacing more community-based Indigenous practices and traditions. Finally, this study reveals that the wounds created by the armed conflict generated multiple forms of silence that prevent Andean peasants from openly expressing their desires. Despite this, the women in this FPAR process and participants in these interviews are engaging in action-based responses through which they are overcoming some of these challenges and sustaining their association. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications for mental health professionals and activist-scholars working with Indigenous communities affected by armed conflict by underscoring the limitations of interventions based exclusively on the spoken word and arguing for action-based approaches that draw on bottom-up knowledge and practices. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Making meaning of women's persistence and protagonism in the wake of genocidal violence: Maya Ixil and K’iche’ women of Chajul, Guatemala(SAGE Publishing, 2022-08-17)Fifteen Maya Ixil and K’iche’ women of Chajul, Guatemala, were interviewed 17 years after publishing their feminist participatory action photovoice research. Their book documents gross violations of human rights during nearly 36 years of armed conflict and their memories of survivance and persistence. A constructivist grounded theory analysis of in-depth interviews with these Maya Ixil and K’iche’ women contributed to the authors’ “bottom up” meaning making of the women's narratives – stories that reflect memories of participatory, community-based workshops and community actions in the wake of genocidal violence. The latter included performances of: presence despite absences; profound losses amidst ongoing suffering; renewed and transformative engagement with traditional beliefs and practices; women's protagonism evidenced through enhanced skills; new capacities performed in multiple contexts within and beyond their community's borders. We analyze these narratives of protagonism and persistence to elucidate some of the multiple contributions of long-term feminist community-based accompaniment and participatory processes as resources for rethreading life and wellbeing in the wake of war. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Beyond seeing and listening: Children born from conflict-related sexual violence(Oxford University Press, 2024-11-01)This essay discusses some points made by the three books under review regarding how children born of conflict-related sexual violence have not been seen and listened to by those working in the field of transitional justice. To this end, it explores some of the reasons behind this oversight, including generalized assumptions about their relationships with their mothers, families and communities. It also discusses some of the limitations of the current transitional justice framework to address the plight of these children. Finally, the essay emphasizes the importance of analyzing more deeply the particular context in which these children are embedded. To this end it draws from some of the frameworks presented in the three books under review, which allow for a more capacious comprehension of the situation of children born of conflict-related sexual violence. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Contributions and contradictions in decolonizing community psychology: Accompanying Mayan and Andean women through feminist PAR(Springer International Publishing, 2024-01-01) - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Critical perspectives in the making: early pregnancy among young people in Nieva, Amazonas(Taylor & Francis, 2026-01-01)This study analyses how young people in Nieva, a district in the Peruvian Amazon, understand sexuality and early pregnancy, and how their views are influenced by key adults in their lives in a context of social violence. This qualitative investigation adopted a decolonial feminist approach and involved 30 individual interviews with secondary school young people (aged 14-18 years), their teachers and mothers. Workshops were also held with 140 young people in the same locality. The findings show that young people critique unequal gender relationships inside and outside their school, and they recognise the risks present in Nieva, including the exposure to drugs, alcohol, and violence. However, they attribute cases of early pregnancy to young people's lack of responsibility, a belief shared by their teachers and mothers. The sexuality education provided by the school focused on preventing sexually transmitted infections and early pregnancy while overlooking the socioemotional aspects of sexual and romantic relationships. Nevertheless, students were found to have the personal resources and agency to denounce everyday forms of gender inequality and demand change. The findings highlight the need to foster critical engagement with gender relationships by providing young people with tools to analyse and confront those relationships that are unequal.