The Circular Routes of Colonial and Postcolonial Domestic Work: Però’s and Ciaravino’s Alexandria and Ghermandi’s “The Story of Woizero Bekelech and Signor Antonio”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Fiore
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Domestic Work ◽  
Emigration And Immigration ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Post Colonial

The chapter explores the connection between emigration and immigration through a combined reading of texts where demographic movements are defined by colonial routes: Renata Ciaravino’s script for the 2005 play Alexandria directed by Franco Però about adventurous women from the Friuli region who emigrated to Egypt in the 1920s to work as wet nurses and maids anticipates the silent yet profoundly important role of today’s domestic helpers and caretakers in Italy as portrayed by Gabriella Ghermandi’s colonial/post-colonial “The Story of Woizero Bekelech and Signor Antonio,” included in her 2007 novel Regina di fiori e di perle. The two texts highlight the forms of emancipation that women migrants develop as part of relocations abroad as well as the forms of awareness about colonial power relations that they prompt among locals.

scholarly journals Outer space and neo-colonial injustice

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 1291-1304
Author(s):  
Peter Sutch ◽  
Peri Roberts
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Commons ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Normative Argument

Purpose Recent developments in US rhetoric and policy advocating the militarisation and marketisation of outer space challenge the global commons values and regimes that developed partly in response to decolonisation. These regimes embodied aspirations to post-colonial distributive justice, as well as to international management for peaceful purposes. The purpose of this paper is to argue that global commons values should be defended against these challenges in order to avoid the risk of exporting colonial legacies of injustice into outer space. Design/methodology/approach This paper is an exercise in normative International Political Theory and so develops normative arguments by drawing on approaches in political theory and international law. Findings This paper demonstrates that the commons values endorsed in the aftermath of colonialism retain their relevance in a global politics that remains structured by post-colonial power relations. This paper also demonstrates that these commons values have evolved and found expression in central elements of international law, persisting as resources to be drawn on in normative argument. Originality/value This study places recent moves to assert US hegemony in space in the context of persistent post-colonial power relations and develops novel arguments in renewed support of commons values.

scholarly journals De-Colonizing the Boundary-Object

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadhvi Dar
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
English Language ◽  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
Boundary Object ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Language Play ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Development Organizations

What role does language play in disciplining subjects in the international development sector? Previous critiques of international development organizations have focused on the role of knowledge tools, such as reports, in reproducing dichotomies between developed and under-developed subjects. In this paper, I de-colonize NGO reporting through a reappraisal of the boundary-object concept. I utilize Ngugi’s (1986) problematization of language and translation to demonstrate how the boundary-object is experienced differentially across stakeholder groups and caste/class structures. Using findings garnered from a multi-sited ethnography of an international NGO in India, I examine the prominence of English language in NGO reports over indigenous languages. This paper therefore contributes to contemporary understandings of neo-colonial power relations as sustained by the English language within India.

scholarly journals “There would this monster make a man”: Colonial power in the 1993 RSC production of 'The Tempest'

Gragoatá ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (47) ◽  
pp. 780-802
Author(s):  
Ramayana Lira de Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Theatrical Production ◽  
Royal Shakespeare Company ◽  
The Tempest ◽  
Visual Clues ◽  
A Performance

Taking on assumptions about oppression, identity and representation as they are developed in contemporary postcolonial theory, this study proposes the analysis of the 1993 theatrical production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest by The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). It aims to discuss the role of Caliban's monstrosity in the production and how it pertains to issues such as power relations and spectacle. The main benefit of doing an analysis of a performance of a Shakespearean text seems to be the possibility of seeing the play's meaning as contingent, as a result of a series of elements (actor's body, visual clues, the theatrical institution, spectatorship) that release it from the burden of being considered as the work of a single, universal, non- contradictory mind that contemporary criticism has pointed out as the 'Shakespeare Myth'. I conclude that the 1993 RSC production presents a Tempest that, in many ways, reinforces traditional positions about the legitimacy of Prospero's dominion over the island.---Original in English.---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2018n47a1210

scholarly journals “There would this monster make a man”: Colonial power in the 1993 RSC production of 'The Tempest'

Gragoatá ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (47) ◽  
pp. 780
Author(s):  
Ramayana Lira de Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Theatrical Production ◽  
Royal Shakespeare Company ◽  
The Tempest ◽  
Visual Clues ◽  
A Performance

Taking on assumptions about oppression, identity and representation as they are developed in contemporary postcolonial theory, this study proposes the analysis of the 1993 theatrical production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest by The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). It aims to discuss the role of Caliban's monstrosity in the production and how it pertains to issues such as power relations and spectacle. The main benefit of doing an analysis of a performance of a Shakespearean text seems to be the possibility of seeing the play's meaning as contingent, as a result of a series of elements (actor's body, visual clues, the theatrical institution, spectatorship) that release it from the burden of being considered as the work of a single, universal, non- contradictory mind that contemporary criticism has pointed out as the 'Shakespeare Myth'. I conclude that the 1993 RSC production presents a Tempest that, in many ways, reinforces traditional positions about the legitimacy of Prospero's dominion over the island.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------“LÁ ESTE MONSTRO FARIA UM HOMEM”: PODER COLONIAL NA PRODUÇÃO DE A TEMPESTADE DE 1993 PELA RSCPartindo de discussões sobre opressão, identidade e representação desenvolvidas na teoria pós-colonial contemporânea, este estudo propõe a análise da produção teatral de 1993 de A tempestade pela The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Tem como objetivo discutir o papel da monstruosidade de Caliban na produção e como ela se refere a questões como relações de poder e espetáculo. O principal benefício de fazer uma análise da produção teatral de um texto de Shakespeare parece ser a possibilidade de ver o significado da peça como contingente, como resultado de uma série de elementos (corpo do ator, pistas visuais, instituição teatral, espectadores) que a libertam do fardo de ser considerada como o trabalho de uma mente única, universal e não contraditória que a crítica contemporânea apontou como o “Mito de Shakespeare”. Concluo que a produção da RSC em 1993 apresenta uma Tempestade que, em muitos aspectos, reforça posições tradicionais sobre a legitimidade do domínio de Prospero sobre a ilha.---Original em inglês.

scholarly journals Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Tošić ◽  
Annika Lems
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Binary Approach ◽  
Epistemological Framework

Th is contribution introduces the collection of texts in this special section of Migration and Society exploring contemporary patterns of im/mobility between Africa and Europe. It proposes an ontological-epistemological framework for investigating present-day movements via three core dimensions: (1) a focus on im/mobility explores the intertwinement of mobility and stasis in the context of biographical and migratory pathways and thus goes beyond a binary approach to migration; (2) an existential and dialogical-ethnographic approach zooms in on individual experiences of im/mobility and shows that the personal-experiential is not apolitical, but represents a realm of everyday struggles and quests for a good life; and (3) a genealogical-historical dimension explores present-day migratory quests through their embeddedness within legacies of (post)colonial power relations and interconnections and thus counteracts the hegemonic image of immigration from Africa as having no history and legitimacy.

Design, power and colonisation: decolonial and anti-oppressive explorations on three approaches for Design for Sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas B. TORRETTA ◽  
Lizette REITSMA
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Design For Sustainability ◽  
The People ◽  
Reflexive Practice ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Design Power ◽  
Relational Issue

Our contemporary world is organized in a modern/colonial structure. As people, professions and practices engage in cross-country Design for Sustainability (DfS), projects have the potential of sustaining or changing modern/colonial power structures. In such project relations, good intentions in working for sustainability do not directly result in liberation from modern/colonial power structures. In this paper we introduce three approaches in DfS that deal with power relations. Using a Freirean (1970) decolonial perspective, we analyse these approaches to see how they can inform DfS towards being decolonial and anti-oppressive. We conclude that steering DfS to become decolonial or colonizing is a relational issue based on the interplay between the designers’ position in the modern/colonial structure, the design approach chosen, the place and the people involved in DfS. Hence, a continuous critical reflexive practice is needed in order to prevent DfS from becoming yet another colonial tool.

Empowerment in an ecovillage: Unveiling the role of power relations in social practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Luiz Guilherme Mafle Ferreira Duarte ◽  
Marlyne Sahakian ◽  
João Leite Ferreira Neto
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Social Practices

scholarly journals Problematizing leadership learning facilitation through a trickster archetype: An investigation into power and identity in liminal spaces

Leadership ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 174271502199822
Author(s):  
Gareth Edwards ◽  
Beverley Hawkins ◽  
Neil Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Liminal Spaces ◽  
Learning Facilitation ◽  
Reflective Conversations ◽  
Permanent Resident ◽  
Shadow Side ◽  
Learning Development

This study uses the archetype of a ‘trickster’ to reflect back on, and hence problematize, the role of the educator/facilitator identity in leadership learning. This is based on the view that a trickster is a permanent resident in liminal spaces and that these liminal spaces play an important role in leadership learning. Our approach was based on the reading of the trickster literature alongside reflective conversations on our own experiences of facilitation of leadership learning, development and education. We suggest that paying attention to the trickster tale draws attention to the romanticization of leadership development and its facilitation as based on a response to crisis that leads to a further enhancement of the leader as a hero. Hence, it also offers ways to problematize leadership learning by uncovering the shadow side of facilitation and underlying power relations. We therefore contribute by showing how, as facilitators, we can use the trickster archetype to think more critically, reflectively and reflexively about our role and practices as educators, in particular, the ethical and power-related issues. In our conclusions, we make recommendations for research, theory and practice and invite other facilitators to share with us their trickster tales.

scholarly journals Difficult Times: The Division of Domestic Work under Lockdown in France

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Marta Dominguez-Folgueras
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Work ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
French Population ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Time Availability ◽  
Difficult Times

The lockdowns enforced in many countries to contain the spread of COVID-19 had important consequences for the domestic sphere. This paper analyzes the division of domestic work among heterosexual couples in France during the lockdown. In particular, we analyzed the role of time constraints and availability and expected to find a more egalitarian division of domestic work among couples in which the man had more time than his partner due to not working or working from home. We used data from the ELIPSS panel, a representative survey of the French population, and ran OLS regressions on the division of domestic work among 406 couples. The results show that men’s time availability was associated with a more egalitarian division of domestic work, even if gender inequalities persisted. However, we did not find any clear differences between men who did not work and men who worked from home, leading us to hypothesize that men’s presence at home is an important factor.

Re-presenting Genocide: The Canadian Museum of Human Rights and Settler Colonial Power

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Kaur Dhamoon
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
National Narratives ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Settler Societies ◽  
Forced Movement

AbstractIn settler societies like Canada, United States, and Australia, the bourgeoning discourse that frames colonial violence against Indigenous people as genocide has been controversial, specifically because there is much debate about the meaning and applicability of genocide. Through an analysis of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, this paper analyzes what is revealed about settler colonialism in the nexus of difficult knowledge, curatorial decisions, and political debates about the label of genocide. I specifically examine competing definitions of genocide, the primacy of the Holocaust, the regulatory role of the settler state, and the limits of a human rights framework. My argument is that genocide debates related to Indigenous experiences operationalize a range of governing techniques that extend settler colonialism, even as Indigenous peoples confront existing hegemonies. These techniques include: interpretative denial; promoting an Oppression Olympics and a politics of distancing; regulating difference through state-based recognition and interference; and depoliticizing claims that overshadow continuing practices of assimilation, extermination, criminalization, containment, and forced movement of Indigenous peoples. By pinpointing these techniques, this paper seeks to build on Indigenous critiques of colonialism, challenge settler national narratives of peaceful and lawful origins, and foster ways to build more just relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

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