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From Anti-gender Wars to Black Protests: Recent Gendered Political Mobilizations in Poland

Tampereen yliopisto
PaikkakuntaKanslerinrinne 1, Tampere
Pinni B:n auditorio B1096
14.5.2019 13.15–14.45
PääsymaksuMaksuton tapahtuma
Tampereen yliopiston tutkijakollegiumin Speakers Series -sarjan avoin luento: tutkijatohtori Barbara Gaweda, tutkijakollegium

Abstract:

In recent years, Polish politics has witnessed unprecedented levels of gendered political mobilizations, albeit from seemingly opposite normative stances. Between 2012 and 2014, Poland experienced the discursive and institutional campaign against ‘gender ideology’. The clash took the form of virulent attacks against gender equality+ policies travelling from the catholic establishment and right-wing media to the local and national levels of administration and parliament. On the other hand, between 2016 and 2018, there was a new wave of mass women’s protests against the planned criminalization of abortion and ‘against the violence of the government’. Both the ‘war on gender’ and the ‘black protests’ were unexpected political mobilizations along gendered categories. What was the significance of these mobilizations in contemporary Polish politics? What work was done by the deployment of gender in these political mobilizations? Moving between the domestic and the international levels, I explore the political connections between gender, nation, religion, and the state on the Polish example.

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