Nordic Feminism Reconsidered: Activism, Scholarly Endeavours and Women’s Research Networks at the Nordic Summer University 1971–1990

IF 0.9 Q3 WOMENS STUDIES
Valgerdur Palmadottir, J. Sjöstedt
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ABSTRACT In this article, we explore the Nordic Summer University (NSU), an independent and migratory scholarly organisation, as a platform for interaction and cooperation for the new women’s movements and an arena for the development of women’s research in the Nordic region. In several accounts, NSU is described as a pivotal context for the development of Nordic women’s and feminist research and frequently appears in memoirs by pioneers in the field, but it has never been the direct object of scholarly focus. In recent years, there has been a scholarly debate about the historical narratives concerning the history of academic feminism in the Nordic region, where both the connection to the new women’s movements in the 1970s and the notion of the ‘Nordic’ have been contested. This article intervenes in these discussions by exploring the ‘women’s circles’ within NSU as they appear in various sources such as historiographical accounts, reports and memoirs and thereby, thereby defending a hands-on archival approach. We argue that focusing on an alternative international institution for knowledge production such as NSU offers valuable insights into how feminism as a social movement and a scholarly project - politics and academic endeavours - have been negotiated.
北欧女权主义反思:1971–1990年北欧夏季大学的激进主义、学术努力和妇女研究网络
在本文中,我们探讨了北欧夏季大学(NSU),一个独立的迁移学术组织,作为新妇女运动的互动与合作平台和北欧地区妇女研究发展的舞台。在一些叙述中,NSU被描述为北欧妇女和女权主义研究发展的关键背景,经常出现在该领域先驱的回忆录中,但它从来没有成为学术关注的直接对象。近年来,关于北欧地区学术女性主义历史的历史叙述一直存在学术争论,其中与20世纪70年代新妇女运动的联系以及“北欧”的概念都存在争议。本文通过探索NSU内部的“女性圈子”来介入这些讨论,因为它们出现在各种来源,如历史记载,报告和回忆录中,从而捍卫了一种亲身实践的档案方法。我们认为,把重点放在一个可供选择的国际知识生产机构上,比如NSU,为我们提供了宝贵的见解,让我们了解女权主义作为一项社会运动和一项学术项目——政治和学术努力——是如何进行谈判的。
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