NIOD Rewind Episode 32: Voices That Matter: Kurdish Women at the Limits of Representation in Contemporary Turkey

TY - ADVS

T1 - NIOD Rewind Episode 32: Voices That Matter: Kurdish Women at the Limits of Representation in Contemporary Turkey

A2 - van Mourik, Anne

A2 - Schäfers, Marlene

PY - 2023/3/23

Y1 - 2023/3/23

N2 - How do Kurdish women struggle to voice themselves in contemporary Turkey? Anne van Mourik speaks with Marlene Schäfers (Utrecht University) about her book ‘Voices that Matter: Kurdish Women at the Limits of Representation in Contemporary Turkey’ (University of Chicago Press, 2022). What does it mean to ‘have a voice’ in a context of protracted political violence? To what extent do Kurdish women’s gaining voices lead to empowerment? And how does Marlene, as a scholar specialized in women’s struggle for voice, view the current protests in Iran?

AB - How do Kurdish women struggle to voice themselves in contemporary Turkey? Anne van Mourik speaks with Marlene Schäfers (Utrecht University) about her book ‘Voices that Matter: Kurdish Women at the Limits of Representation in Contemporary Turkey’ (University of Chicago Press, 2022). What does it mean to ‘have a voice’ in a context of protracted political violence? To what extent do Kurdish women’s gaining voices lead to empowerment? And how does Marlene, as a scholar specialized in women’s struggle for voice, view the current protests in Iran?

KW - Turkey

KW - Gender

M3 - Digital or Visual Products

PB - NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies

ER -