Blog posts tagged ‘early career researchers’

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When the Body Speaks: Caste, Possession, and the Gendered Politics of Ritual Authority

In the ECR Spotlight: Meenal Rawat explores how caste and gender shape ritual authority in the Indian Himalayas, through the lens of deity possession. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, it reveals how sacred spaces mirror social hierarchies, even as they promise healing.

Eisenhans, or Iron John in the cage, by Gordon Browne (1894) Iron John is the eponymous character of the novel by the Grimm brothers. Bly proposes a retelling of this fairytale (1990) to highlight men’s struggle and the need for initiation in the U.S at the time. Throughout Bly’s work, Iron John embodies the archetype of the Wild Man.

“I want to let the Wild Man out!”: Mythopoetic Men’s Movement and crisis in masculinity

More from our ECR Spotlight series: here, on the presupposed crisis in masculinity, Justine Chemin critiques Robert Bly’s mythopoetic mission for its symbolic revision of masculinity as a solution against an assumed masculine unease. Justine asks how the mythopoetic narrative redefines masculinity according to “new” standards.
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Being a Mehmaan: Ethnographic Fieldwork and Belonging

In our ECR Spotlight series: What does it mean to conduct ethnographic fieldwork and live closely with people who share some identities, while negotiating space for other identities? Mano Mandal reflects on ‘belonging’ through ambiguous linguistic categories, while doing ethnographic fieldwork as a transgender researcher, working with cisgender people.

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Who gets to belong, and who gets to be seen? Rethinking gendered engagement in research with forcibly displaced lone parents

Continuing the ECR Spotlight series, Bryony Nisbet discusses her research with forcibly displaced lone parents and considers how gender impacts invitations to support and research.
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Rethinking the Language of Menstrual “Hygiene”

Continuing our ECR Spotlight series, Prerna Singh's blog challenges the dominance of “hygiene” in menstrual health discourse, showing how it erases lived realities and imposes one-size-fits-all solutions. Prerna highlights women’s agency and the need for context-driven approaches over technical fixes. 
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Non-Monogamy: Examining the Politics of Consent, Ethics, and Power

In association with Valentine’s Day and inaugurating our ECR Spotlight series, Abby McCutcheon delves into the debates surrounding ‘ethics’ and ‘consent’ in non-monogamous relationships, calling for a more nuanced examination of how social, political, and power dynamics shape intimacy, and for deeper reflection on relational justice, privilege, and fairness.

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