Gendering the commons or commoning gender studies ? A bibliometric analysis
Résumé
Gender studies and commons studies have gradually developed to achieve academic recognition. They share common features regarding their object of study and their mode of development. Both fields are leading to a rethinking the boundaries between private and public spheres, they shed light on the role of social norms in relation to individual choice, they renew the definition of ownership, management and sharing of resources. Both fields pay a specific attention to North-South relations, and to the role that communities and/or traditional knowledge can play in preserving resources. The commons and gender studies rely on collaborations, sharing of concepts and knowledge that go beyond the academic division of sciences through disciplines. This explains why they are often relegated to the margins of knowledge classifications. Bridges between the field of the commons and gender studies have emerged particularly through issues related to the preservation of natural resources with an ecological and a development lens. At last, these two concepts are particularly subject to different appropriations: they are rooted in the academia and are also used for programmatic purposes in a political perspective. There is a back and forth process between the activism and the scientific sphere. Crossing of the two perspectives produces a heterogeneous body of knowledge, analysis and recommendations reflecting the diversity of the two fields. This literature includes theoretical, empirical, historical papers, that switches between analytical approach (emerging from Ostrom’s research) and radical critique of capitalism and patriarchy (such as ecofeminism). The purpose of this paper is to report on the diversity of the literature crossing gender studies and the commons to identify new avenues of research. We propose an analytical grid to map this literature and apply it to an original database, Genre&Com, that gathers key papers crossing the two perspectives. The ultimate goal is to facilitate the understanding and appropriation of this double field by different categories of actors (academics, practitioners).
Domaines
Sciences de l'Homme et Société
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