Considerations on mainstreaming intersectionality

RK Dhamoon - Political research quarterly, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
RK Dhamoon
Political research quarterly, 2011journals.sagepub.com
This article identifies five key considerations for adopting and mainstreaming
intersectionality: the language and concepts that are used; the complexities of difference
and how to navigate this complexity; the choice of focusing on identities, categories,
processes, and/or systems; the model that is used to explain and describe mutually
constituted differences; and the principles that determine which interactions are analyzed.
The author argues that in the process of mainstreaming intersectionality, it is crucial to frame …
This article identifies five key considerations for adopting and mainstreaming intersectionality: the language and concepts that are used; the complexities of difference and how to navigate this complexity; the choice of focusing on identities, categories, processes, and/or systems; the model that is used to explain and describe mutually constituted differences; and the principles that determine which interactions are analyzed. The author argues that in the process of mainstreaming intersectionality, it is crucial to frame it as a form of social critique so as to foreground its radical capacity to attend to and disrupt oppressive vehicles of power.
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