Activist Archives and Feminist Fragments: Claiming Space in the Archive for the Voices of Pacific Women and Girls

Autor/inn/en	Clery, Tui Nicola; Metcalfe, Robin
Titel	Activist Archives and Feminist Fragments: Claiming Space in the Archive for the Voices of Pacific Women and Girls
Quelle	In: Education as Change, 22 (2018) 2, Artikel 3594 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Clery, Tui Nicola)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1947-9417
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Activism; Archives; Females; Feminism; Pacific Islanders; Personal Narratives; Sense of Community; Peace; Fiji + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Archivwesen; Archiv; Weibliches Geschlecht; Feminismus; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Erlebniserzählung; Frieden; Fidschi
Abstract	The voices of Pacific women and girls have too often been excluded from Fiji's archival history. However, alternative understandings of history, stories that defy and blur accepted polarities and reflect the knowledge and experiences of women and girls, have always co-existed. This article attempts to address the lacuna of Pacific women in the archive by claiming space for women's voices, and contributing herstories which record and are inspired by Fiji women's feminist activism. We offer three stories from women whose activism seeks to reveal and challenge dominant historical narratives in Fiji. Their stories celebrate Fiji's communities as historically and inextricably interwoven, and encourage a renewed sense of belonging to one another. These examples of feminist storytelling as activism emerge from women's complex and intersecting identities, and from an understanding that oppressions overlap and interconnect. Activist work therefore needs to occur in a variety of spaces and forms, working relationally across marginalised communities and stories, in order to challenge exclusionary understandings, and to build peace. The contribution of alternative stories of practice is a call for the inclusion of diverse voices: we seek to offer feminist, community-centred, and practice-based knowledge from Fiji to the archives. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education as Change. The Centre for Education Rights and Transformation, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa. Tel: +27-11-5591148; e-mail: journal-ed@uj.ac.za; Web site: https://upjournals.co.za/
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Update	2020/1/01