Martin's Father by Margrit Eichler6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() For the Chinese, it was a chance for women faculty in less privileged universities to work together, with new resources, on a topic that needed validation. Despite a number of difficulties, the project was of value for the collaborators. ![]() They analyze the reasons for this, and conclude that the content of their conversation mattered less than the form in which it was delivered. In this instance, the Canadians, despite their positional advantages, experienced little power in the planning of the research, feeling themselves as a burden rather than a boon at many points during the process. The literature warns of the difficulties of collaboration and the dangers of power imbalances that are positional, procedural and representational. ![]() This article explores the problems of international, collaborative feminist research by telling the story of two Canadian academics who embarked on a journey to do feminist research with a group of Chinese academics. ![]()
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