ABSTRACT

This paper aims to explore the potential of using dialogue between intersectional and pragmatist theorising of transactional social relations. By considering tensions within intersectional research, a position is developed which utilises a mutual constitution approach to intersectional theory and the dynamic, ongoing, complex social relations captured in pragmatist theorising. It is argued that from this position race and ethnicity become actions in which, for example, Whiteness and Brownness are defined in ongoing relation to each other. Example data from a pilot study, designed to explore experiences of campus life, is analysed using this action sense of race. The ‘Racing’ of experience within the data identifies how Whiteness and Brownness become constituted through a Male, South Asian, Muslim student’s experience of studying sport. Whiteness in this context becomes secular, partying, and sporty-bravado-competitive, while Brownness is supressed Islamic, working not to perpetuate crude Brown-Muslim stereotypes and upset convivial, post-racial discourses. It is envisaged that further data collection from student experiences of studying on the university campus will help to develop deeper insight, and importantly, dialogue about race, ethnicity and privilege.

摘要

本文旨在探索在交易社会关系的交叉和实用主义理论之间使用对话的潜力。通过考虑交叉研究中的紧张关系，提出了一种立场，该立场利用相互构成的方法来处理交叉理论以及实用主义理论中捕获的动态、持续、复杂的社会关系。有人认为，从这个位置种族和民族成为行为，例如，白人和棕色被定义为彼此持续的关系。旨在探索校园生活体验的试点研究的示例数据使用这种种族行动感进行分析。数据中的经验“竞赛”确定了白人和棕色是如何通过男性、南亚、穆斯林学生学习体育的经验构成的。在这种情况下，白人变得世俗、聚会和运动-虚张声势-竞争，而布朗尼则受到伊斯兰的压制，努力不使粗暴的布朗-穆斯林刻板印象永久化，并扰乱欢乐的后种族话语。预计从学生在大学校园学习的经历中进一步收集数据将有助于发展更深入的洞察力，重要的是，关于种族、民族和特权的对话。