Activist work is care work
Conceptualising resistance in Indonesia and the Philippines through feminist ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4770495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elise Imray Papineau (0000-0002-8122-2355, Griffith University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 486-506 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14647001241270851 |
| OpenAlex | W4401947678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 44 |
This article draws on interview data collected in 2021 from Indonesia and the Philippines to argue that activist work should fundamentally be understood as care work. The first part of the article advocates for a novel inductive theorisation of intersectional care ethics in social movement studies and activist-centred research. The second part of the article utilises this conceptual framework to discuss the paramount role of women in grassroots activist spaces both on the frontlines and behind the scenes. The stories of resistance by women activists, which comprise the core of this article, help to illustrate how the patriarchy and other structures of power may simultaneously be subverted and reproduced in grassroots community spaces
Care work · Ethics of care · Political science · Sociology · Women's work · Engineering · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |