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- Griffin, Gabriele, Prof, 1957-
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Feminizing Innovation : Challenges in Science and Technology Studies (STS)
- 2021
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Ingår i: Feminist Encounters. - : lectito. - 2468-4414. ; 5:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores why innovation, conventionally associated with the masculine (e.g., Andersson et al., 2012; Lindberg, 2012), might also be framed as feminine, indeed on occasion feminist. It does so via an exploration of the embedding of a new academic discipline, in this instance Digital Humanities, in existing higher education institutions in the Nordic countries. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in 2017-18 with Digital Humanities practitioners in Finland, Sweden and Norway, this article argues that the feminisation of innovation in higher education institutions can lead to the material and symbolic marginalisation of those disciplines, with specific consequences both for their practitioners and for those disciplines. As part of this, the article analyses how innovation can be considered both desirable and disruptive (innovation as such constitutes a disruptive technology), and utilises Fiona Mackay’s (2014) notions of ‘embedded newness’ and the ‘liability of newness’ to explore the gendered implications of the feminising of innovation.
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- Griffin, Gabriele, Prof, 1957-, et al.
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The persistence of gender struggles in Nordic research and innovation
- 2021
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Ingår i: Feminist Encounters. - : Lectito BV.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite being renowned for their gender equality, the Nordic countries continue to suffer from persistent inequalities including in research and innovation (R&I) as an employment field. Drawing on interviews conducted between 2017 and 2020 with women and men working in R&I inside and outside of the academy, and on Charles Tilly’s (1998) conceptualisations of durable inequalities, the authors find that specific and cumulative gendered disadvantages accompany women’s R&I careers at each of the four researcher career stages (doctoral student, postdoc, researcher/lecturer, full professor), in particular through unquestioned informal everyday practices.
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- Griffin, Gabriele, Prof, 1957-
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When method fails : walking as an alt-meth in a volatile context
- 2021
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Ingår i: Qualitative Research Journal. - 1443-9883 .- 1448-0980. ; 21:1, s. 40-50
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore why the use of a particular qualitative method, walking, failed in a given context, the Chile of contemporary unrest.Design/methodology/approachThe paper explores walking methodologies from a critical cultural perspective.FindingsThe article argues that context as socio-material entanglement, or people's relation to place, in a volatile situation, requires strong participatory engagement to enable productive outcomes and also that one can learn from the failure to generate such engagement.Practical implicationsThe article suggests that enhanced participant involvement in experimental design (here a walking event) is necessary when the situation on the ground is conflict-ridden. It also suggests that explicitly articulating one's outsider position may facilitate productive exchanges in volatile contexts. The article further suggests that failure of method is a neglected but useful topic in qualitative research.Social implicationsAlthough walking methodologies frequently claim to be participant-centered, they are not always organized in that manner. If they are not, they risk undermining the democratic potential of alt-meths that is of particular importance in volatile contexts.Originality/valueFailure of method is rarely reported on. The paper addresses that knowledge gap.
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- Jordal, Malin, 1973-, et al.
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Swedish Gynecologists’ Positioning in Relation to Clitoral Reconstruction After Female Genital Cutting. A Qualitative Interview Study
- 2021
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Ingår i: International Journal of Sexual Health. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1931-7611 .- 1931-762X. ; 33, s. 76-87
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Clitoral reconstruction (CR) is surgical reparation of the clitoris cut as part of the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) available in a handful of countries, including Sweden. The surgery aims at restoring the clitoris esthetically and functionally, thus has implications for sexual health. Gynaecological examinations can be an opportunity for dialogue regarding women’s sexual health. Gynecologist play a role in referring patients experiencing FGC-related problems, including sexual, to specialist services such as CR. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore how gynecologists position themselves in relation to CR. Method: Eight gynecologists were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: The gynecologists positioned themselves in three different ways in relation CR; outright negative, uncertain or positive toward the surgery. Those positioning themselves as negative thought CR was a harmful fraud and denied any possible benefits, at least sufficient for referral for CR. Those positioning themselves as uncertain did not deny possible benefits, but were skeptical toward CR improving cut women’s sexual health and function. Those positioning themselves positive considered the potential physical, psychological/emotional, esthetic, or symbolic aspects of CR as important for general well-being and sexual health. Conclusion: There was a great variety in how the gynecologists positioned themselves toward CR, and many were skeptical toward the functional benefits in relation to sexual health. This is likely to diverge cut women’s access to CR surgery.
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- Jordal, Malin, 1973-, et al.
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The benefits and disappointments following clitoral reconstruction after female genital cutting : A qualitative interview study from Sweden
- 2021
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Ingår i: PLOS ONE. - : PLoS. - 1932-6203. ; 16:7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Female genital cutting or mutilation refers to the cutting of girls' external genitalia. Due to migration from contexts where female genital cutting is common, it is estimated that around 38 000 cut women and girls live in Sweden. Clitoral reconstruction, a relatively new form of surgical healthcare offered to women with female genital cutting, was established in Sweden in 2014. This surgery aims at restoring clitoral function and anatomy, but there is yet a dearth of evidence demonstrating the effects of the surgery. The aim of this study was to explore how women undergoing clitoral reconstruction in Sweden between 2016 and 2019 experienced the surgical process and its aftereffects from a physical, sexual and psychosocial perspective. Eighteen women who had undergone clitoral reconstruction at a university hospital in Sweden agreed to participate in the study. The women were interviewed using semi-structured interviews, which were recorded, transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. The results, based on self-categorization and labelling theory, demonstrated both benefits and disappointments following the surgery. Several women reported positive outcomes in terms of sexual, psychosocial and aesthetic terms. They experienced reduced genital pain, improvements in their sex lives, and a sense of feeling more empowered and at ease in their bodies. Yet, some women reported aesthetic, functional and process-related disappointment related to clitoral reconstruction. Nonetheless, the women expressed gratitude for the possibility of undergoing the surgery. In conclusion, the women reported that they experienced physical, sexual and psychosocial benefits of the surgery.
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