Event overview
How can we draw critical lines between recent constellations of ‘popular feminism’ with the co-opting forces of neoliberalism?
How can we begin to examine in more depth the way in which contemporary neoliberalism (and the new permutations which are its outcome) appears to look to the constituency of women partly through the lens of a very particular notion of ‘feminism’? How can we draw critical lines between recent constellations of ‘popular feminism’ with the co-opting forces of neoliberalism?
Must we look in more detail at corporate feminism in the field of work and employment (pace Sandberg)? Must we also consider the preeminent place of US liberal feminism and the ease with which it translates into ‘neoliberal feminism’ (Rottenberg)? How do these developments sit alongside feminist research on racialized violence, and on poverty and under-employment?
The aim of the workshop is to focus on the various sites for the specific attention of neoliberalism in regard to reconstituting women’s lives and the sphere of reproduction ie education, family, work, civil society. What kind of feminist activity is required to counter these modes of attention?
Schedule
2pm - 2 45 Dr Catherine Rottenberg (Goldsmiths)
‘Feminism, Neoliberal Affect, and Divergent Temporalities’.
Chair and Respondent Prof Ros Gill (City).
2.45 - 3 30 Dr Elizabeth Evans (Goldsmiths)
‘Feminist Resistance to Neoliberalism’.
Chair and Respondent Prof. Angela Mc Robbie (Goldsmiths)
3 30 - 3 45 Tea /Coffee
3 45 - 4 30 Dr Sara Farris (Goldsmiths)
‘Emancipatory’ Feminists and Workfare.
Chair and Respondent Prof. Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths)
4pm - 5 15 Dr Kalpana Wilson (Birkbeck)
‘Neoliberal Feminism as Racialised Violence: Reflections ‘Women’s Empowerment’ in International Development.’
Chair Prof. Lynne Segal (Birkbeck)
5.15 - 5 .30 Plenary and Pub for those who wish.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2017 | 2:00pm - 5:30pm |
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