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The Silences Between: Are Lesbians Irrelevant? World Social Forum, Mumbai, India, 16-21 January

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Author(s)
Hawthorne, Susan
Keywords
lesbian
silence
marginalisation
World Social Forum
Women's Studies

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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/49184
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http://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol8/iss3/8
http://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1388&context=jiws
Abstract
In this essay, I reflect on my experience at the Mumbai World Social Forum in 2004. I begin with a discussion of silence as methodology in research with, by and about lesbians. I examine the silence around lesbian politics as well as the silences between lesbian activists and those they encounter in discussion, political activism and research settings. I explore some of the differences and similarities between Australia and India both within the mainstream culture and in the freedoms or otherwise of lesbians. I then go on to describe the workshop I organized for the Mumbai World Social Forum on “Torture of lesbians: what can be done?” in which a number of politically silencing factors come into play. I investigate the ramifications of this session in terms of the marginalization of lesbians at the World Social Forums and the implications for future Forums. The poem that accompanies the essay is extracted from “India Sutra,” a long poem that arose out of my attendance at the Mumbai World Social Forum and my subsequent travels in India with two lesbians, one of whom was born in India.
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2013-01-11
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oai:vc.bridgew.edu:jiws-1388
http://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol8/iss3/8
http://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1388&context=jiws
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