Ahern, Joanne and McArdle, Rachel and Till, Karen and Manzo, Lidia and Meletis, Zoe A
(2019)
Supporting Women in Geography (SWIG) Ireland: Confronting the role of gender and asserting the importance of the female voice.
Irish Geography, 52 (1).
ISSN 0075-0778
Abstract
In this collection, several authors – ranging from early career to well
established academics – consider the role of women and the female voice in academia.
This compilation developed from a conference session organised by the Supporting
Women in Geography (SWIG) Ireland group, at the Conference of Irish Geographers in
University College Cork (UCC) in 2017. In the first piece, Ahern and Mc Ardle consider
why this discussion is necessary at all, ruminating on examples from both within and
outside of academia. Till then brings in her experience working in Ireland, the US and
beyond, and reflects on the importance of including all voices, and challenges scholars
to end gender discrimination in Ireland. Manzo then reflects on how female work in
academia, similar to community organising, can be considered invisible, devalued
labour (Daniels, 1987). Yet she focuses on the positives of this, outlining the womencentred
community organising model, the social capital that is involved, and the range
of activities for empowering women to alter the efforts in Irish academia to making this
change. Meletis then widens this discussion with an international example of a group
similar to SWIG Ireland, Inspiring Women Among Us (IWAU) in Canada. She reflects
on the difficulty of being an inclusive group. These discussions are vital to tackling
gender bias in Irish academia, yet all the authors agree this needs to be an ongoing
conversation, a lived practice, and we hope this work inspires further contributions to
this cause.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
women in Geography; power; feminism; mentorship; community; Ireland;
academia; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: |
14123 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.2014/igj.v52i1.1387 |
| Depositing User: |
Rachel McArdle
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| Date Deposited: |
03 Mar 2021 15:17 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Irish Geography |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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