Revisiting everyday activism for gender justice and expanding on its communicative dimensions
2024 (English)In: International Journal of Communication, E-ISSN 1932-8036, Vol. 18, p. 3814-3835
Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
00. Sustainable Development, 5. Gender equality
Abstract [en]
What is everyday activism? What does it have to do with women? What does communication have to do with it? And why does it matter? In this article, I revisit the concept of everyday activism formulated in the United States by Jane Mansbridge and Katherine Flaster in 2005 and expand on its communicative dimensions based on findings from an online qualitative survey conducted with women in Argentina in 2021. I consider if, to what extent, and why, survey participants consider themselves activists for women’s rights. I moreover examine how they communicate in daily life about the problems that affect them, what difference they think/hope their communicative practices will make, and what they would want to change about communicative practices. The article clarifies how agency and its communicative dimensions are understood and practiced by women seeking gender justice under ordinary circumstances, analyzes their potential and limits considering structural obstacles, and puts forward a definition of everyday communicative activism.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
USC Annenberg Press , 2024. Vol. 18, p. 3814-3835
Keywords [en]
everyday activism, gender justice, online qualitative survey, communicative practices, Argentina
National Category
Media and Communications Gender Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-66229ISI: 001391617100007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85216241976Local ID: POA;;66229OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-66229DiVA, id: diva2:1898336
Projects
Micro-technopolitics of engagement: the everyday communicative practices of women mobilized for gender justice, digital citizenship and better democracy in Argentina (EmPoWer)
Funder
EU, Horizon Europe, 897318
Note
Funding programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe.
Project name: Micro-technopolitics of engagement: the everyday communicative practices of women mobilized for gender justice, digital citizenship and better democracy in Argentina.
Acronym: EmPoWer
Grant agreement number: 897318
2024-09-172024-09-172025-10-13Bibliographically approved