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Editors' Introduction: Whither Feminist Liberation Psychology? Critical Explorations of Feminist and Liberation Psychologies for a Globalizing WorldBoston College, Campion 308, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3813 USA, lykes{at}bc.edu
School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, ger.moane{at}ucd.ie This article explores the roots of feminist and liberation psychologies, positioning examples of contemporary praxis that are deeply informed by today's complex global realities. Examining the consequences of academic and professional women's accompaniment of women `on the margins', that is, those living in `limit situations' deeply affected by global realities of poverty, gender-based violence and structural inequalities, we argue that activist scholars are developing feminist liberationist psycholog(ies) within and beyond the borders of psychology that respond to and incorporate these lived experiences. Through participatory research, pedagogy and community-based workshops, this special issue demonstrates this new praxis. Thus, critical reflexivity and `just enough trust' enable engagement across differences, creating in-between spaces for dialogue, appreciation, and contestation as well as alliances and solidarity — values for a renewed and transformed praxis of psychology with and for those historically marginalized and excluded from our theory and practice.
Key Words: feminist psychology • liberation psychology • structural oppression • inequality • participatory action research • participatory pedagogy
Feminism & Psychology, Vol. 19, No. 3,
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