Politics of Knowledge: Weaving Stories of Dehumanization, Erasure and Resistance in the Highlands of Chiapas

Paulina Trejo Mendez

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Abstract

As a contribution to a critique of development studies this dissertation explores the politics of knowledge in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico from a decolonial framework. It weaves stories of resistance to the violence of erasure of bodies marked by the colonial gender system. With a focus on advancing epistemic justice, it explores how two forms of violence intertwine: epistemicide (erasure of ways of knowing) and feminicide (erasure of racialized-gendered-feminized bodies). Contributing to feminist theorizing on gender, place and the body, it builds bridges amongst different feminist theories – from black feminism, postdevelopment to coloniality of gender. Importantly, it contributes to newly emerging methodologies and research practices that seek to decolonize academia through sentipensar (sensingthinking), encounters and weaving as methodological tools that challenge traditional forms of knowledge production in development studies. It also aims to bring the issues of body and gender violence into the on-going critical analysis of modernity/coloniality by feminist, decolonial and post development scholars.
Original languageEnglish
Awarding Institution
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam
Supervisors/Advisors
  • Harcourt, Wendy, Supervisor
  • Icaza Garza, Rosalba, Co-supervisor
Award date13 Sept 2019
Publisher
Print ISBNs978-90-6490-103-4
Publication statusPublished - 13 Sept 2019

Bibliographical note

The dissertation is part of the research programme of CERES, Research School for Resource Studies for Development.

The research was funded by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)

Research programs

  • ISS-PE

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