Have you missed WISCOMP’s Dialogue between the policymakers, senior professors, and educationists in India and the U.S. on ‘Gender Equity in Higher Education’? You can watch it on our Facebook page.
Zobia Salam Harvey Weinstein’s conviction in the historic #MeToo cases, more than anything else, comes as a relief. The fruits of women’s struggles are rarely reaped so quickly. Although (relatively) quick, they haven’t come as easy, low lying and within an arm’s reach. This might mean something for India’s academic and higher education spaces, fields …
Vishakha Singhania Vishakha Singhania Research Scholar in the field of Spiritual Communication and Corporate Feminism at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar.
Johanna Rabindran Where are all the women? Shivering in a little huddle, we surveyed the water park, already regretting that we had left our t-shirts in the lockers. My skin prickled as countless pairs of eyes followed our every move. The enthusiasm of the morning had long since evaporated. We bravely pressed on, but after …
Swastika Jajoo This article delves into the Kawaii cultural practices which have been deeply embedded in the Japanese society. These practices involve infantilization and objectification of young pupils and women. Read the article here
Ashwin Varghese A time use sheet, when filled reflectively, can be a potent tool to learn about gender and privilege. I was privy to this exercise during a WISCOMP workshop on Gender and Higher Education held at Kanya Maha Vidyala, Jalandhar. Time-Use Surveys are a methodological tool deployed to decipher in detail the daily activities …
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Vishakha Singhania Do you think that it is possible to live joyously, come what may? To find out the answer do read on… The year 2019 went by quickly. We created so many thought patterns. We structured and labelled given bits of information in different ways. Various events happened. We liked some of them. We …
Ashwin Varghese For the past one year, I have been conducting fieldwork for my doctoral research, in police stations in India. This phase in my research has made me reflect more and more on the trope of ‘objectivity’ in social sciences. Reflecting back on methodology courses in my Masters and Doctoral coursework in Sociology, I …
Objectivity in Research: Foregrounding Gendered Access Read More »
Swastika Jajoo This article examines gender performativity of Kawaii entrenched in the Japanese culture. Through her piece she explores various facets of this sexist culture leading to infantilisation and objectification of young school girls and women in Japan. I. INTRODUCTION Didier Andre Guillot writes in an opinion article published in The Japan Times in July …
The Pretensions of Kawaii: Schoolgirls and Cute Sexism Read More »
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