Knowledge Encounters and Lived Experiences
Exploring Women's Trajectories Toward Empowerment in Danish Women's Shelters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12437009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emilie Lyng Rasmussen (0009-0003-1876-237X, Aalborg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 10778012251409176-10778012251409176 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Violence Against Women (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10778012251409176 |
| PMID | 41432628 |
| OpenAlex | W7116887407 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
This article examines how recognition and epistemic and institutional dynamics shape women's trajectories toward empowerment in Danish women's shelters. Drawing on 15 in-depth interviews with current and former shelter residents, it explores how professional and lived knowledge interact and are negotiated within shelter encounters. The analytical concept of knowledge encounters developed captures how power, recognition, and meaning are coproduced through these interactions. Findings reveal that empowerment emerges through dialogical sensemaking and access to epistemic and material resources, yet remains conditioned by institutional norms of autonomy and self-responsibility. The study advances feminist social work by illuminating the epistemic dimensions of support and empowerment
Autonomy · Danish · Dialogical self · Empowerment · Ethnography · Lived experience · Meaning (existential · Poison control · Sensemaking · Work (physics · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Work Education and Practice
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |