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Practising Pragmatism: The Framing of Gender Among Development Professionals in India
Indian Journal of Gender Studies ( IF 0.622 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0971521519891481
Isha Bhatnagar 1
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This article identifies the ways in which researchers and practitioners situated in different institutions engage with different systems of knowledge in their study of gender in the context of development, and the implications it has on how these professionals work together. Key informant interviews with 25 gender specialists from universities, research organizations, NGOs, UN agencies and donors undertaken in Delhi, India, are used as an illustration. The study finds that researchers/practitioners perceive that they study gender in dissimilar ways based on differences in academic training, professional roles and explicit affiliation with feminism. In practice, however, they have adopted ‘pragmatic’ ways to bridge the epistemological divide between the perspectives of ‘gender and development’ and ‘feminism’. These pragmatic practices are visible in the ways in which they work with the government, academia and donor organizations. I voice their need to traverse the quantitative–qualitative divide in order to strengthen our understanding of gender. The study demonstrates that researchers can negotiate epistemological differences for the sake of achieving the common goal of gender justice. This is important as the field of research on gender expands globally, with the emergence of new sites of knowledge production and emphasis on numerical evidence.

中文翻译:

实践实用主义:印度发展专业人士的性别框架

本文确定了位于不同机构的研究人员和从业人员在研究发展背景下的性别时使用不同知识系统的方式,以及它对这些专业人员如何合作的影响。对来自大学、研究组织、非政府组织、联合国机构和捐助者的 25 名性别问题专家在印度德里进行的主要知情人访谈被用作说明。研究发现,研究人员/从业者认为他们以不同的方式研究性别,这是基于学术培训、专业角色和与女权主义的明确联系的差异。然而,在实践中,他们采用了“务实”的方式来弥合“性别与发展”和“女权主义”视角之间的认识论鸿沟。这些务实的做法在他们与政府、学术界和捐助组织合作的方式中可见一斑。我表示他们需要跨越数量-质量的鸿沟,以加强我们对性别的理解。该研究表明,为了实现性别公正的共同目标,研究人员可以协商认识论差异。随着新的知识生产场所的出现和对数字证据的重视,性别研究领域在全球范围内扩展,这一点很重要。该研究表明,为了实现性别公正的共同目标,研究人员可以协商认识论差异。随着新的知识生产场所的出现和对数字证据的重视,性别研究领域在全球范围内扩展,这一点很重要。该研究表明,为了实现性别公正的共同目标,研究人员可以协商认识论差异。随着新的知识生产场所的出现和对数字证据的重视,性别研究领域在全球范围内扩展,这一点很重要。
更新日期:2020-02-01
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