Papers by Nur Latifah Umi Satiti
Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, 2017
This essay adopts a collaborative autoethnography to unpack our experiences as Indonesian researc... more This essay adopts a collaborative autoethnography to unpack our experiences as Indonesian researchers and feminists during our study in a country in the Global North, the UK. In spite of the fact that Global North feminisms have expanded our understanding of gender issues, we cannot help but sometimes feeling marginalised and invisible within these theories because, very often, they merely discuss the experiences of women in the North and homogenise the experience of women in the South. Drawing on postcolonial theories, this essay explores our negotiation of identities as we attempt to decolonise such experiences.
JOURNAL OF GENDER STUDIES, 2020
This research challenges mainstream discourses of the Global North through the debate between the... more This research challenges mainstream discourses of the Global North through the debate between the activist group, Femen, and some Muslim women. International Topless Jihad Day (ITJD), hosted by Femen, ignited conflict with Muslim women globally. On ITJD, Femen insisted that women removed their veil since, they stated, it was the symbol of oppression used by Muslim males. Femen’s message main- tained the illusions of white superiority in public space through its assumption that all Muslim women are helpless and voiceless. Responding to the protest, a group of Muslim women formed the online movement; Muslim Women Against Femen (MWAF). This paper focuses on how MWAF reiterated the veil as agency, transforming Muslim women’s online resistance. In expanding how this reiteration is embraced, this paper will lend post-colonial feminist perspectives to the contestation of the veil in public.
This essay adopts a collaborative autoethnography to unpack our experiences as Indonesian researc... more This essay adopts a collaborative autoethnography to unpack our experiences as Indonesian researchers and feminists during our study in a country in the Global North; the UK. In spite of the fact that Global North feminisms have expanded our understanding of gender issues, we cannot help but sometimes feel marginalised and invisible within these theories because, very often, they merely discuss the experiences of women in the North and homogenise the experiences of women in the South. Drawing on postcolonial theories, this essay explores our negotiation of identities as we attempt to decolonise such experiences.
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Papers by Nur Latifah Umi Satiti