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Women of Color: in Perspective

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Term

4. term

Education

Publication year

2020

Submitted on

2020-06-04

Pages

25 pages

Abstract

I en tid, hvor social retfærdighed og vågenhed er mere relevant end nogensinde, havde vi til formål at bidrage til den forskning, der blev udført på dette felt. Især med hensyn til sociale teknologier og kvinder af farve. Vi søgte at besvare spørgsmålet om, hvad forholdet er mellem kvinder af farve og den digitale sfære, og hvordan de bruger sociale teknologier til at engagere sig, bidrage til og etablere samfund? For at gøre dette har vi interviewet syv kvindelige iværksættere af farver, som er bosiddende i Danmark. Ved at bruge koncepter fra store feministiske og retfærdige lærde har vi trukket på forestillingerne om intersektionalitet som præsenteret af Kimberlé Crenshaw, Paulo Freires begreber om kritisk etnografi og empowerment processen, som den er beskrevet af Naila Kabeer. Disse har givet os de metodologiske værktøjer såvel som teoretiske rammer til behandling af vores data. Afslutningsvis fandt vi et mønster af empowerment hos kvinderne, da det så ud til at være en fremgang, som disse kvinder måtte gennemgå for at mobilisere; dette går gennem internalisering - disempowerment - mobilisering - empowerment.

In a time where social justice and wokeness is more relevant than ever, we aimed to contribute to the research done in that field. Especially in regards to social technologies and women of color. We sought to answer the question of What are the relations between women of color and the digital sphere and how do women of color utilize social technologies in order to engage in, contribute to and establish communities? To do this we have interviewed 7 female entrepreneurs of color who are situated in Denmark. By utilizing concepts from great feminist and justice scholars, we have drawn upon the notions of intersectionality as presented by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Paulo Freire's concepts of critical ethnography and the process of empowerment as it is described by Naila Kabeer. These have given us the methodological tools as well as theoretical framework to process our data. Conclusively, we found a pattern of empowerment within the women, as there seemed to be a progress through which these women had to undergo in order to mobilize. This order look like this Internalization --> disempowerment --> mobilization --> empowerment

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