Participatory Research from an Anti-colonial Perspective
Episode Description
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia about doing participatory research from an anti-colonial perspective. By talking about her work with feminist collectives in Ecuador, Silvana shows us how to challenge hegemonic knowledge relations when doing research. She talks about the importance of historical awareness of the geopolitical realm, building long-term collaborative relationships and attending to the affective and material challenges of our work.
Readings recommended by Silvana Tapia Tapia
- Chua. L.J.; Massoud, M.F. eds (2024). Out of Place: Fieldwork and Positionality in Law and Society. Cambridge Studies in Law and Society. Cambridge University Press.
- Van Der Hout, F. (2022). From Colonial Extractivism to Hearting and Feelthinking: Reflections on Accompanying Women Territory Defenders in Bolivia. Contention, 10(1), 46-64.
- López, R. (2023). Participatory Law Scholarship. Columbia Law Review, 123 (6), 1795–854.
- Tapia Tapia, S. (2022). Feminism, Violence Against Women, and Law Reform: Decolonial Lessons from Ecuador (1st ed.). Routledge.
About the Speaker
Silvana Tapia Tapia
Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia is Associate Professor in Law at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, where she previously held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. Until 2022, Silvana was Lecturer in Law and Coordinator of Research at the University of Azuay’s Faculty of Juridical Sciences, Ecuador. Her book "Feminism, Violence against Women, and Law Reform: Decolonial Lessons from Ecuador" received the Hart-Socio-Legal Studies Association Book Prize in 2023. Her work has been published in world-leading journals such as Feminist Theory, Social and Legal Studies, Law and Critique, and Feminist Legal Studies.