Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CORE (Conceptualizing Oppression-Related Emotions)
Período documentado: 2022-10-01 hasta 2024-09-30
CORE proposes the category of Oppression-Related Emotions (ORE) to identify a cluster of painful emotions related to experiences of oppression (especially in terms of gender) and their relationship to oppression, knowledge, and painful manifestations. The main research hypothesis is that oppression-related emotions are influenced by the axes of oppression: i.e. these emotions may be experienced differently depending on the dimension of gender, class, race, etc. The project will focus on the gender axis. From this, two issues will be investigated: the role of oppression-related
emotions' in the production of female, feminist, and anti-oppressive subjectivities and knowledge, and oppression-related emotions’ relationship with painful manifestations. This project will be carried out through a philosophical framework informed by contemporary naturalized feminist philosophy, implementing interdisciplinary research integrating feminist philosophy with relevant research in psychology, social sciences, and health science. Located at the intersection of feminist philosophy, psychology, social sciences, and health, CORE’s goal is to develop a theoretical framework
that will support interventions into health issues experienced more frequently by women, including autoimmune diseases, fibromyalgia, and eating disorders, among others. To investigate oppression-related emotions in a philosophical framework through interdisciplinary research, and to propose new perspectives on their relationship with painful manifestations, CORE develops a methodology that is naturalized, interdisciplinary, feminist, and intersectional.
emotions' in the production of female, feminist, and anti-oppressive subjectivities and knowledge, and oppression-related emotions’ relationship with painful manifestations. This project will be carried out through a philosophical framework informed by contemporary naturalized feminist philosophy, implementing interdisciplinary research integrating feminist philosophy with relevant research in psychology, social sciences, and health science. Located at the intersection of feminist philosophy, psychology, social sciences, and health, CORE’s goal is to develop a theoretical framework
that will support interventions into health issues experienced more frequently by women, including autoimmune diseases, fibromyalgia, and eating disorders, among others. To investigate oppression-related emotions in a philosophical framework through interdisciplinary research, and to propose new perspectives on their relationship with painful manifestations, CORE develops a methodology that is naturalized, interdisciplinary, feminist, and intersectional.
The project CORE studies the role of emotions in knowledge processes and in the development of “painful manifestations” (or “distress”) experienced by women (and other marginalized groups) more frequently than other groups, putting these aspects in relation to oppression. The case study is sexist oppression and women’s experience in relation to pathologies such as fibromyalgia and arthritis.
The project’s general aim is to create a philosophical theory of oppression-related emotions informed by, and useful for, philosophical and psychological research. The project is philosophical and interdisciplinary (involving training and research in psychology). During the first and second years of research, I worked as a Visiting Post-Doc at Brock University (BrockU) and spent two periods of secondment at the University of Granada (UGR, January-April 2023 and January-April 2024) for a total of 8 months.
The project’s general aim is to create a philosophical theory of oppression-related emotions informed by, and useful for, philosophical and psychological research. The project is philosophical and interdisciplinary (involving training and research in psychology). During the first and second years of research, I worked as a Visiting Post-Doc at Brock University (BrockU) and spent two periods of secondment at the University of Granada (UGR, January-April 2023 and January-April 2024) for a total of 8 months.
The project intends to go beyond the state of art producing a philosophical account of ORE that is both naturalized and feminist, involving a comparison with existing philosophical literature (including philosophical theories of emotion, feminist philosophy, feminist phenomenology, philosophy of nature, naturalism, and new materialism) to establish a comprehensive, robust, and effective philosophical theory, focusing on the role of ORE in the production of subjectivity and knowledge. It aims to answer the questions: What is the relationship between oppression, painful emotions, and anti-oppressive/feminist theory? What role does anti-oppressive theory play in subjects’ relationships with painful emotions on the one hand and with knowledge production on the other? Can feminist theory have a therapeutic role, and how should this role be understood? Moreover, the project explores the hypothesis that ORE may play a role in painful manifestations of girls and women. Scientific literature in psychology, sociology, and health science will be reviewed to produce a philosophical perspective on the role played by oppression-related emotions in relation to painful manifestations, and even painful pathologies (in particular those more frequently experienced by women than by men: autoimmune diseases, fibromyalgia, at least some types of eating disorders, etc.). It aims to answer the question: What is the relationship between painful manifestations and ORE?