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Imagining Feminist Academic Collaborations Beyond Exceptionalized Crises 想象例外危机之外的女权主义学术合作

Feminist Formations Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2022.0010

Dana M. Olwan, Carol W. N. Fadda

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COVID-19 and the Urgency of the Interdisciplines in the Corporate University 新冠肺炎与企业大学跨学科建设的紧迫性

Feminist Formations Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2022.0012

Maisam Alomar, Vineeta Singh

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Transnational Solidarity? Academia and the Politics of Knowledge, Translation, and (Im)Mobility 跨国团结吗?学术和政治的知识，翻译，和(Im)流动性

Feminist Formations Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2022.0007

Z. Korkman

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Praise Song that Refuses to Play Favorites, and: A Litany Travels, and: Solidarity, (For)ever 赞美那首拒绝偏心的歌，和:一串旅行，和:团结，(永远)

Feminist Formations Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2022.0014

B. Thompson

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Written/Unwritten. Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure ed. by Patricia Matthew (review) 成文或不成文的。《多样性与终身教职的隐藏真相》，作者:帕特里夏·马修(Patricia Matthew)

Feminist Formations Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2022.0015

Rosemarie Peña, Jamele Watkins

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Black and White Women Friend Scholars Transgress Neoliberal Time and Opt for Di-unital Time 黑人和白人女性朋友学者超越新自由主义时间，选择二元时间

Feminist Formations Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2022.0003

Rhunette C. Diggs, K. Isgro

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Using Ethnography to Dissolve the Stickiness of Contingency: An Intersectional Feminist Exploration of Being Stuck in Contingency 用民族志消解偶然性的黏性:女性主义对被困在偶然性中的交叉性探索

Feminist Formations Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2022.0004

Kelly Opdycke

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The Work of Ambivalence: Autonomy, Collaboration, and Care in the Neoliberal US University 矛盾心理的工作:新自由主义美国大学的自治、合作与关怀

Feminist Formations Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2022.0002

Star Fem Co*Lab

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Decolonizing Time, Knowledge, and Disability on the Tenure Clock 非殖民化时间、知识和终身制时钟上的残疾

Feminist Formations Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2022.0000

Danika Medak-Saltzman, Deepti Misri, Beverly Weber

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Navigating the Decolonial Margins of the Kolonialinstitut: An Embodied Reflection of Intellectual Collaboration Among Women of Color in the German Postcolonial City 在科隆学院的非殖民化边缘导航:德国后殖民城市中有色人种女性智力合作的具体反映

Feminist Formations Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1353/ff.2022.0006

Tania Mancheno, Naz Al-Windi

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