Purpose

To introduce critical gender theory to events studies and set an agenda for research in this area. This paper focuses on various contexts, approaches and applications for “doing gender” in critical event studies. It draws upon interdisciplinary frameworks to develop robust theoretical ways of interrogating issues related to power and structural inequalities in events contexts.

Design/methodology/approach

A conceptual discussion of “doing gender” and critical gender theory and review of relevant research in this area within event studies. Adopting feminist and intersectional perspectives and applying them to events environments has potential to inform current theoretical developments and wider sector practices, and, ultimately, change the dominant heteronormative patriarchal paradigm of the experiential landscape.

Findings

Event studies has been slow to engage with gender theory and gender-aware research, to the detriment of theoretical and practical development within the field.

Research limitations/implications

A call for more gender-aware research within event studies. The goal of this paper is to galvanise gender-aware events research to centralise the marginalised and amplify feminist voices in critical event studies. Feminist and gender-aware frameworks encourage researchers to be critical and to question the underlying power structures and discourses that shape practices, behaviours and interactions. This creates new pathways to find ways to overcome inequalities, which can improve overall events praxis.

Originality/value

The paper introduces critical gender theory as a fruitful framework for future events research. It is an under-researched area of study, representing a significant gap in ways of theorising and representing different aspects of events. We argue it is imperative that researchers take up the challenge of incorporating feminist and/or gender-aware frameworks within their research as a matter of routine.

中文翻译：

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关键事件研究中的“做性别”：双重研究议程

目的

将批判性别理论引入事件研究，并设定该领域的研究议程。本文重点讨论关键事件研究中“做性别”的各种背景，方法和应用。它利用跨学科框架来发展健全的理论方法来审视事件情境中与权力和结构性不平等有关的问题。

设计/方法/方法

关于“做性别”和批判性别理论的概念性讨论，并在事件研究中回顾该领域的相关研究。采用女性主义和交叉观点并将其应用于事件环境有可能为当前的理论发展和更广泛的行业实践提供信息，并最终改变体验格局中占主导地位的异规范父权范式。

发现

事件研究在进行性别理论和性别意识研究方面进展缓慢，这不利于该领域的理论和实践发展。

研究局限/意义

呼吁在事件研究中开展更多具有性别意识的研究。本文的目的是激发对性别意识的事件研究，以集中化边缘事件并在关键事件研究中扩大女权主义声音。女权主义和性别意识框架鼓励研究人员变得批判，并质疑影响实践，行为和互动的潜在权力结构和话语。这为寻找解决不平等现象的方法创造了新途径，从而可以改善总体事件实践。

创意/价值

本文介绍了批判性别理论，将其作为未来事件研究的富有成果的框架。这是一个研究不足的领域，代表了理论上的巨大空白，并代表了事件的不同方面。我们认为，当务之急是，研究人员必须接受将女权主义和/或具有性别意识的框架纳入其研究的挑战。