As part of a course on gender studies and epistemologies, I’ve been reading about feminist perspectives on silence — on what it means to ‘speak’ and use your ‘voice’, on the capacity of silence to act as resistance, on negotiating voices and silences as a researcher. I’m finding myself troubled (in a good way) by these reflections, and what they tell me about my own relationship to silence.
on silence and silencing
on silence and silencing
on silence and silencing
As part of a course on gender studies and epistemologies, I’ve been reading about feminist perspectives on silence — on what it means to ‘speak’ and use your ‘voice’, on the capacity of silence to act as resistance, on negotiating voices and silences as a researcher. I’m finding myself troubled (in a good way) by these reflections, and what they tell me about my own relationship to silence.