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1 UW Bothell Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences UW Seattle Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies & Latin American and Caribbean Studies copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

2 Taking Risks: Feminists, Activism, and Activist Research in the Americas  Origins of the book project  Our common questions  The contributors  Our research projects and tensions  How do we…?  Feedback from the audience copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

3 Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life conference~ September 2010 IA’s mission is “to realize the democratic, public, and civic purposes of American higher education.”  Image from Imagining America website copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

4 1) Why do certain types of scholarship “not count?” 2) Why does family first lead to professional instability? 3) Why do political convictions taint our academic credibility? 4) How do we represent the different voices? 5) How do we navigate these divides? copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

5 We have advanced degrees in: Art History Human Development Latin American History Romance Languages and Literature SociologyTheater Women’s Studies copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

6  Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences  Performing Arts & Theater  Spanish  Women’s Studies  Writing copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

7 Vero Barrera Vero Barrera, UW Seattle & Bothell Deborah Caplow Deborah Caplow, UW Bothell Marisela Fleites-Lear Marisela Fleites-Lear, Green River CC Christina Marín Christina Marín, Emerson College Tamera Marko Tamera Marko, DukeEngage Colombia & Emerson College Jennifer Musto Jennifer Musto, UCLA Julie Shayne Julie Shayne, UW Bothell Image from Women in London: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/info/info-0803.htm copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

8 Margaret Randall, writer, poet, photographer, activist, and professor will talk about decades of taking political, personal, and academic risks copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

9 Chilean exile feminists and the anti-Pinochet solidarity movement Tensions: Sociology vs social history Background image from Chile from within (WW Norton, 1990); witch graphic from They Used to Call Us Witches (Lexington, 2009) copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

10 Current human rights activists in Chile and the reshaping of gender Tension: Activists' intimate narratives and the ethnographic gaze Photos by Vero Barrera copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

11 Graffiti and political prints in Mexico past and present Tension: Inside and outside: Researching Mexican political art as an American and an academic Photo by Deborah Caplow; background image, cover of Leopoldo Méndez: Revolutionary art and the Mexican print by Deborah Caplow (UT Press, 2007) copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

12 Independent library movement in Cuba Tension: Academic freedom versus political activism Photo by: Orlando Luis Pardo http://vocescubanas.com/boringhomeutopics copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

13 Counter-narratives of Medellín in their own words Tensions: Building a transnational archive among community and academy; mobility of stories vs. mobility of the women who tell them Photos by Tamera Marko copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

14 Uncovering the stories of the women of Ciudad Juarez Tension: Insider/outsider engagement in human rights issues through artistic representation Photo by ©Jorge Uzon/AFP, Amnesty International http://www.utsa.edu/today/2003/11/juarez.cfm copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

15 Action research project on human trafficking and forced labor in the US Tension: Politics of representing survivor- driven social justice movement vs. professionalized anti- violence/human rights work Images by Jennifer Musto copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

16 A personal narrative on career versus quality of life Tensions: Mentors and this topic; Family first as the wrong approach copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

17 Not alienate colleagues? Present a theoretically & methodologically compelling book? Not sound self-righteous? Identify an audience? Add some sociologists? copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

18  Proposal of 900 (or less) words  Proposals should clearly explain: 1) your research and tensions 2) how you will present them in an academically compelling way  A 150 word abstract  A two-page CV Deadline for submission: June 13, 2011 copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

19 jshayne@u.washington.edu www.julieshayne.net 425.352.3182 copyright Julie Shayne 2011 ©

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