Much feminist research emerges against the backdrop of personal, activist, and professional investments in the 'field'. As researchers, our entanglements with the 'field' precipitate complex sets of ethical and epistemic dilemmas that both inform and complicate our intellectual and political commitments in important ways. Through a panel discussion, three PhD researchers will interrogate how their relationships with the objects, subjects, and networks that constitutes their respective 'fields' influence their work, challenging taken for granted notions of what the 'field' means in its entanglements with the personal and the political.
Speakers:
Magda Muter:
Magda is a first year PhD student at the LSE Department of Gender Studies. She holds a MA in Sociology and in European Studies from the University of Warsaw, and a MA in Management from Warsaw School of Economics. Prior to her PhD, Magda worked in strategic consultancy. She will be talking about transitions from one ‘field’ to another, moving from business world to academia in the context of her PhD research, which looks at changes (and the process of decision-making connected with them) in the division of labor between partners, when having their first child.
Hannah Wright: Hannah is a second year PhD student at the Department of Gender Studies. She holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Gender and International Relations from the University of Bristol. Prior to joining LSE, Hannah worked as a policy adviser on gender, peace and security issues for an international peacebuilding NGO, where she conducted research and analysis on gender and conflict in the Middle East, North Africa, South and Central Asia, as well as doing advocacy toward national and international policymakers. She will speak about her research on the gendering of organisational cultures in government departments responsible for foreign/security policy, and how these shape approaches to international peace and security.
Louisa Acciari: Louisa started her ESRC-funded PhD at the Department of Gender Studies in 2014, exploring the process of unionization of domestic workers in Brazil and their struggle to be recognised as workers. She holds an Msc in Comparative Politics from Sciences Po Paris, and an Msc in Gender Research from the LSE. She will talk about the spaces in-between academia and activism, her involvement in the field with domestic workers' organisations, and the different ways she tried to give back to her participants in Brazil.
This event is not ticketed and guests are admitted on a first come, first served basis.