Where exactly am I sitting at that table? Race, Prejudice, and Perpetual (In)security in Global Politics

IF 1.8 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Critical Studies on Security Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/21624887.2021.1904189
Bina D’Costa
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ABSTRACT Who hasn’t heard about women must sit at the table? In this sense, the table is a place of influence and power. Critical IR, particularly those focussing on women’s participation in peace negotiations, in security discourses, and advocacy campaigns emphasise women must have a seat at the table to contribute to meaningful change. In this piece, I reflect on my everyday experiences of (in)security in teaching and practising security. I argue that structural measures of inclusion and diversity in the discipline of critical IR and security studies depoliticise meaningful and truly transformative inclusion by focussing on indicators, deliverables, action plans, and outcomes. These make gender hyper-visible rendering race, class, linguistic and other markers invisible. In this sense, having a seat at the table means nothing, as individuals could still remain powerless in the absence of genuine commitment of others occupying key positions in that table.
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我坐在那张桌子的什么地方?全球政治中的种族、偏见与永久安全
谁没听说过女人必须坐在餐桌旁?从这个意义上说,桌子是一个有影响力和权力的地方。关键的国际关系,特别是那些关注妇女参与和平谈判、安全话语和倡导运动的国际关系,强调妇女必须在谈判桌上占有一席之地,为有意义的变革做出贡献。在这篇文章中,我反思了我在安全教学和实践中的日常安全经验。我认为,在关键的国际关系和安全研究学科中,包容性和多样性的结构性措施通过关注指标、可交付成果、行动计划和结果,使有意义和真正变革性的包容性去政治化。这使得性别变得超级可见,使得种族、阶级、语言和其他标记变得不可见。从这个意义上说,在谈判桌上有一个席位没有任何意义,因为在谈判桌上占据关键位置的其他人没有真正承诺的情况下,个人仍然可能无能为力。
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