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GEXcel Work in Progress Report Volume XI : Proceedings from GEXcel Theme 4: Gender and Violence – Mechanisms,Anti-Mechanisms, Interventions, Evaluations : theme 4 was part of the joint theme 4-5: Sexual health, embodiment and empowerment : bridging epistemological gaps : autumn 2009
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Proceedings (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- The chapters of this volume report on the activities carried out within the frame of the fourth research theme of the Centre of Gender Excellence (GEXcel) at Linköping University during 2009.During 2009, GEXcel launched Themes 4 and 5 together as a joint venture: ‘Sexual health, embodiment and empowerment: Bridging epistemological gaps.’ Theme 4 was summarised as: ‘Gender and violence – mechanisms, anti-mechanisms, interventions, evaluations.’ Theme 5 had two subthemes: a) Feminist and queer perspectives on sex education, sexual empowerment and pleasure, and b) Critical sexology. Theme 4 was headed by Professor Barbro Wijma, and Professor Nina Lykke was leader for Theme 5. The section on ‘Bridging epistemological gaps’ was jointly led by Barbro Wijma and Nina Lykke.In this report, the activities of Theme 4 have been documented, and those of Theme 5 will be followed up in a forthcoming separate volume. The present volume is of a work-in-progress character and the texts are therefore to be elaborated further. The contributions from non-native speakers of English have been specifically revised by a professional editor. The editors have only made minor suggestions for revision of texts to increase clarity, and the content of the chapters are thus the authors’ own responsibility. The chapter by Johan Galtung on Cultural Violence has been reprinted from his book Peace by Peaceful Means, Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization, 1996 by permission from Sage Publications Ltd.We would like to thank Katherine Harrison and Berit Starkman for all their assistance in the arrangements for Theme 4 and in the preparation of this volume, Liz Sourbut for English language revision of the manuscripts, Anna G Jónasdóttir for invaluable advice on applicants for GEXcel, and Nina Lykke for her support as GEXcel Director.
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GEXcel Work in Progress Report Volume XII : Proceedings from GEXcel Theme 7:Getting Rid of Violence, Autumn 2010 : Getting Rid of Violence TRANSdisciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative Feminist Dialogues on Embodiment, Emotions and Ethics
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Proceedings (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The papers of this volume represent the intense and intellectually hectic activities which took place during the seventh research theme of the GEXcel during the autumn 2010 in Linköping, Getting Rid of Violence; TRANSdisciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative Feminist Dialogues on Embodiment, Emotions and Ethics. In short, the theme was called The Violence Theme 7. All the authors were GEXcel scholars for various periods of time between October and December 2010, working with their research projects at Tema Genus, Linköping University.All scholars also participated in the Conference arranged within the theme in Linköping on 12th–14th October 2010: Violences and Silences: Shaming, Blaming – and Intervening (see Appendix B for program). This conference gathered 35 participants from all over the world who during three intensive days exchanged knowledge. So many papers were submitted after the conference for the proceedings that those have appeared in a special Work in Progress report, volume XII.Many of the chapters in the volume were presented at the seminars which were held regularly during the theme period (see Appendix A for program).This volume is literally a “Work in Progress” report, meaning that some of the texts are not preliminary as to intellectual content but will in future be elaborated more before they are finally published. Some minor editorial comments and changes have been exchanged between the authors and the editors, and the content of the chapters are thus the authors’ own responsibility. Only the texts from non-native English speaking authors have gone through a formal language check by a native English-speaking editor.We would like to thank Berit Starkman, Björn Pernrud and Ulrica Engdahl for all their efforts in the practical arrangements for the theme and the scholars, Liz Sourbut for English language revision of the manuscripts, Tomas Hägg for excellent work with the printing, Mette Bryld for invaluable advice on applicants for GEXcel, and Nina Lykke for her support as GEXcel Director.
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GEXcel work in progress report Volume XIII : Proceedings from the conference: Violences and silences : shaming, blaming - and intervening October 12th-14th, 2010, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden : GEXcel theme 7: Getting rid of violence : TRANSdiciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative feminist dialogues on embodiment, emotions and ethics : Autumn 2010
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Proceedings (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- This volume presents many of the lectures given at the conference which took place in Linköping on 12th – 14th October 2010: Violences and Silences: Shaming, Blaming – and Intervening (see Appendix for program). Thirty-five participants gathered from all over the world and gave lectures and seminar papers on the most varying topics. Due to the rather small format of the conference, many new contacts arose and several new research networks were created during and in the aftermath of the conference.All participants were invited to submit papers for this volume and we were delighted that so many of them did.The conference took place during the seventh research theme of the Centre of Gender Excellence, GEXcel, during the autumn 2010 in Linköping: Getting Rid of Violence. TRANSdisciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative Feminist Dialogues on Embodiment, Emotions and Ethics. In short, the theme was called The Violence Theme. During this theme, invited GEXcel scholars were working with their research projects at the Department of Gender Studies, Linköping University for various periods of time, and during the period from October till December 2010 all of them were in place. A very dynamic research milieu was thus created, which probably is reflected also in the outcome of the conference, and might be visible also in the present book.This volume is literally a “Work in Progress” report, meaning that some of its texts are not preliminary as to intellectual content but will in future be elaborated more before they are finally published. Only some minor editorial comments and suggestions have been exchanged between the authors and the editors. The texts from authors who do not have the English language as their native tongue have gone through a formal language check by a native English speaking editor.We thank Berit Starkman, Björn Pernrud, Ulrica Engdahl, and Claire Tucker for all their efforts in the practical arrangements for the theme and the conference, Ka Schmitz for the illustrations for the programme, Liz Sourbut for excellent work with English language corrections and Tomas Hägg for his careful work with the printing of this book.
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GEXcel Work in Progress Report Volume XIV : Organising an international collegium for advanced transdisciplinary studies : exploring model
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Proceedings (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2006, Vetenskapsrådet [the Swedish Research Council] granted fundingfor the development of three Swedish Centres of Gender Excellence;the recipients were Uppsala University, Umeå University and the interuniversityInstitute for Thematic Gender Studies between the Universitiesof Linköping and Örebro. As a result, with the Institute of ThematicGender Studies as its base, GEXcel: Gendering Excellence – Centre ofGender Excellence was launched in 2007. GEXcel is a five-year collegium-like excellence centre for Advanced Gender Studies. Its principal hubis a Visiting Fellowship Programme, where international researchers areinvited to join any of twelve different research themes.From the outset, a long-term aim of GEXcel has been to develop a permanent Swedish-based collegium for advanced gender studies that will be launched after GEXcel’s five-year term. Clearly, existing international excellence centres and institutes for advanced study, such as Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute, Stanford’s Michelle Clayman Institute, Berlin’s Wissenschaftskolleg and Uppsala’s Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study can provide important clues about how to organise a permanent advanced gender studies collegium. Nevertheless, it will not suffice to simply adopt an existing organisational model; not only does a Swedishbased gender studies collegium have to be developed to fit its Nordic and European context, but it is essential that it is organised in ways that suit the special requirements of gender studies, and so that it retains the crucial insights of feminist scholarship.In order to pave the way for the opportunity to realise the long-term goal of developing a permanent, Swedish-based gender studies collegium, GEXcel has implemented a cross-cutting research theme dedicated to matters of academic organisation: Organizing a European Excellence Centre – Exploring Models. The ultimate aim of this theme is to provide a forum to explore what academic excellence may mean from a feminist point of view, and what would be required of an organisational structure to support and stimulate excellent gender studies research. The following Work in Progress Report contains initial steps towards a feminist analysis of models of and for excellence: here, a largely descriptive overview of available ways of organising excellence is provided, and significant organisational differences and similarities are identified and assessed.Björn Pernrud’s paper A Review of Distinguished Research Clusters is based on an overview of collegium-like research institutions nternationally, concentrating especially on gender studies centres and institutes, and providing brief descriptions of about 60 centres. The paper also considers the academic, political and economic motives underlying efforts to organise research into large-scale centres. Finally, three centres are examined more closely in order to provide a more detailed picture ofdifferent models for organising large research milieus.While Pernrud’s paper concentrates on the internal organisation and structure of research centres and institutes, Sanne Bor explores how collaborative relations can be established between research institutions. In a paper entitled Some Reflections on Choices in Developing Collaborative Networks, Bor identifies and analyses five especially important points where significant choices have to be made as collaborative relations are established. Accordingly, Bor puts forward a number of questions that anyone seeking to initiate a network has to take into consideration, and she discusses how different answers to these questions lead to different forms of networks.Together, Pernrud’s paper provides a basis for beginning to compare and analyse ways of organising a permanent collegium for advanced gender studies in Sweden, and Bor’s paper contains insights into the conditions and possibilities for such a successor to GEXcel to enter into productive relations with other gender studies centres around the world. This volume is published in the hope that it will contribute to the further institutional development of gender studies in Sweden and beyond.A very warm thank you to Elizabeth Sourbut, who made the linguistic and stylistic revisions with much patience and a subtle sense for language.
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GEXcel Work in Progress Report Volume XVII : Proceedings from GEXcel Themes 11–12, Visiting Scholars: Gender Paradoxes in Changing Academic and Scienti!c Organisation(s)
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Proceedings (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The contributions to this volume are the results of the activities carried out within the frame of GEXcel eleventh and twelfth research theme, Gender Paradoxes in Changing Academic and Scienti!c Organisation(s). It comprises work-in-progress papers produced by the !fteen visiting scholars working under themes 11–12. All !fteen GEXcel vising scholars stayed at Örebro University, Sweden, different periods during spring and autumn 2011.The report is of a work-in-progress character, and the papers presented here are to be elaborated further. The reader should also be aware that due to the fact that, as this is a report of working papers, some minor editorial modi!cations have been made to some papers, but the language of those contributed by non-native speakers of English has not been speci!cally revised.We thank Gunnel Karlsson and Mia Fogel for all their assistance in the arrangements of Research Themes 11–12.
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