Event Description

Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies, Tezpur University organized International Web Talk as part of Centre’s Lecture Initiatives on Feminist Anthropological Research and Writing Methodology on 15th July 2020 at 7:30pm(IST)

Prof. Diana J. Fox, Anthropology, Bridgewater State University, USA, was invited to deliver the talk. Dr. Madhurima Goswami, Head Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies, Tezpur University, welcomed Prof. Diana J. Fox along with participants by explaining the reason behind organizing lecture initiative through web amidst Covid-19 pandemic.

Prof. Diana J. Fox delivered her talk from kitchen table and said that many strategy of women movement took place from kitchen itself. Prof. Fox started her talk by introducing feminist thought. She at first focused the radical constructivism, reality and relationship between systematic inequalities. To explain the concepts Diana Fox shared her own life experiences. She said that how the positionality of one individual impact the understanding of feminist thoughts. She also referred Chandraprabha Saikiani‘s fight against constructive inequalities. Diana J. Fox said that her both parents are historian who fought for women rights by collaborating with American historian to find out reason behind black women’s sufferings.