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Activism and the Academy: The Feminist Ethnographer’s Dilemma

[audio:https://bcrw.barnard.edu/podcasts-bcrw/2011/BCRW40-Feminist-Ethnographers-Dilemma.mp3|titles=BCRW40 The Feminist Ethnographer’s Dilemma]

Does a feminist perspective limit researchers’ abilities to see and interpret empirical realities? What happens when these perspectives clash with the reality of field observations? A group of ethnographers discuss how their feminist perspectives can both limit and enhance their ability to analyze power structures and evaluate social change. Panelists include Orit Avishai (Fordham University) and Lynne Gerber (University of California, Berkeley). This discussion, moderated by Margot Weiss (Wesleyan University), took place on the second took place on the second day of Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship and Action, a two-day conference held September 23-24, 2011 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Barnard Center for Research on Women.

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