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Empowering Kurdish Women in Turkey: Understanding the Dynamics of Gender-Based Violence, Contentious Politics, and Resistance
Get PDFThis article explores the complex experiences of Kurdish women in Turkey, focusing on the intersections of gender-based violence (GBV), contentious politics, and resistance. It examines how Kurdish women navigate the socio-political challenges they face, shaped by both ethnic and gender-based oppression. The study highlights the ways in which their experiences are influenced by migration dynamics, state repression, and the broader socio-cultural context of Turkey. It emphasizes how Kurdish women's struggles against systemic injustice are not only rooted in gender but are also intertwined with their ethnic identity, as they challenge both patriarchal norms within their communities and the Turkish state's assimilationist policies. Through participation in political movements, cultural activism, and collective resistance, Kurdish women have redefined their roles in society, asserting their autonomy and rights. By analysing these multifaceted struggles, the article contributes to a deeper understanding of the resilience and agency of Kurdish women, revealing how their resistance shapes both their personal narratives and broader social change
Communication Creates Partial Organization: A comparative analysis of the organizing practices of two climate action movements, Youth for Climate and Fridays for Future Italy
Get PDFThis article focuses on a neglected aspect of the climate action movement Fridays for Future, namely, the relationship between its mediated communication practices and its early organizational processes. Drawing from a strand of organizational communication that underscores the constitutive dimension of communication to organizing processes, we analyze the significance of mediatized leadership and networked communication for the foundation and early development of two national chapters of Fridays for Future: Youth for Climate (YFC) Belgium and Fridays for Future Italy (FFFI). Whereas YFC begun as a leader-centered movement, the movement's founders went on to include a wider group of organizers in the national team. Conversely, FFFI begun as an ostensibly leaderless movement but evolved into an increasingly structured organization with elected delegates and national spokespersons. We argue that the two movements partially structured themselves in order to reconcile two conflicting sets of aspirations and requirements: the open, inclusive, and egalitarian ethos of social movements, and the need of navigating the complexities of a type of activism that is cognizant of media exposure, relies on expert knowledge, and manages an advanced division of political labor between local, national, and international groups
Il conflitto nelle congiunture critiche. Il repertorio del conflitto pandemico in Italia
Get PDFItLa pandemia da Covid-19 ha rappresentato una congiuntura critica che ha profondamente trasformato la vita sociale, politica ed economica. Questo articolo analizza il repertorio del conflitto pandemico in Italia, interrogandosi su come individui, gruppi e categorie sociali abbiano reagito alle misure di contenimento adottate dal governo tra il 2020 e il 2022. A partire dalla letteratura sui disastri, sui conflitti letali e sui movimenti sociali, la ricerca utilizza il dataset ACLED per mappare oltre 5900 eventi di protesta, con l'obiettivo di esplorare le dinamiche di mobilitazione in un contesto di emergenza. Il contributo mostra come, in assenza di legami di rete diretti, le proteste si siano diffuse attraverso canali culturali, emozionali e simbolici, delineando una forma di mobilitazione fortemente eterogenea e radicata nell'esperienza quotidiana. Particolare attenzione è rivolta ai repertori d'azione adottati - tra cui flash mob, azioni simboliche e disobbedienza civile - e alle motivazioni sottese, che spaziano dalla richiesta di diritti sociali alla contestazione delle restrizioni sanitarie. L'articolo propone di considerare la pandemia come un evento rivelatore, capace di far emergere nuove forme di conflitto e ridefinire le grammatiche della partecipazione collettiva. Infine, si riflette sulle potenzialità trasformative (e i limiti) di tali mobilitazioni, evidenziando il ruolo cruciale delle emozioni e delle narrazioni nella costruzione di nuove soggettività politiche.EnThe Covid-19 pandemic represented a critical juncture that profoundly transformed social, political, and economic life. This article analyzes the repertoire of pandemicrelated contention in Italy, investigating how individuals, groups, and social categories responded to the containment measures adopted by the government between 2020 and 2022. Drawing on literature on disasters, lethal conflicts, and social movements, the study uses the ACLED dataset to map over 5,900 protest events, aiming to explore the dynamics of mobilization in a state of emergency. The findings show that, in the absence of direct network ties, protests spread through cultural, emotional, and symbolic channels, shaping a form of mobilization that was highly heterogeneous and deeply rooted in everyday experiences. Particular attention is given to the repertoires of action adopted-including flash mobs, symbolic acts, and civil disobedience-and the underlying motivations, ranging from demands for social rights to opposition to public health restrictions. The article proposes to understand the pandemic as a revelatory event, capable of generating new forms of conflict and redefining the grammars of collective participation. Finally, it reflects on the transformative potential (and limits) of such mobilizations, highlighting the crucial role of emotions and narratives in shaping new political subjectivities
