Feminist Political Subjectivities: Corporeality, Spaces, and Transnationalism (Phase 2)

This research project addresses the complexity and plurality of feminisms in Ecuador, analyzing their evolution from the struggles of the 1980s to contemporary articulations. It examines the tension between indigenous feminisms, those promoted by NGOs under the 'Women in Development' approach, and autonomous Latin American feminism, critiquing 'NGOization' and neoliberal influence. The study focuses on how struggles for land, abortion decriminalization, and gender-based violence have reconfigured female subjectivity, using the body as a central axis for protest and the visibility of structural violence. It investigates the performativity of these subjectivities, exemplified by transnational movements like the SlutWalk, and how feminist discourses are translated and localized across academic, virtual, and public spaces. The methodology combines Foucauldian genealogy to analyze the historical processes of discourse with narrative production methodology to generate relational and dialogical knowledge with participants, recognizing the subject as multiple and fragmented.<br/><br/><b>Goal</b>: <br/>The main objective is to understand how political subjectivities are configured through the translation of feminist discourses and the mediation of corporeality across various transnational spaces, including academic, everyday, and virtual environments.<br/><br/><b>Research lines</b>: <br/>Psychology and education