Subtopic Deep Dive
Coloniality of Gender and Power
Research Guide
What is Coloniality of Gender and Power?
Coloniality of Gender and Power examines colonial legacies in constructing gender hierarchies and epistemic power structures, particularly through decolonial feminist frameworks in Latin America.
This subtopic analyzes intersections of colonialism, patriarchy, and knowledge production in social movements and indigenous contexts. Key works include Lyons et al. (2017) with 26 citations on decolonization in STS interfaces and Santamaría (2016) with 4 citations on ethnic and gender trajectories in Colombian higher education. Approximately 10 recent papers from 2014-2023 address these themes, with foundational texts like Gómez Quintero et al. (2014).
Why It Matters
This framework challenges Eurocentric gender theories by revealing colonial matrices in social justice movements, as in Longa (2016) tracing antipatriarchy to feminism in Argentine movements. It informs policies on violence against indigenous women, per Jimenez-Estrada et al. (2020), and critiques development agendas modernizing traditional societies (Gómez Quintero et al., 2014). Applications include anti-colonial activism and STS reforms (Lyons et al., 2017).
Key Research Challenges
Decolonial Epistemic Resistance
Researchers face challenges in dismantling Eurocentric knowledge hierarchies while validating indigenous epistemologies. Lyons et al. (2017) highlight interfaces in STS for decolonial engagements. Santamaría (2016) shows how Arhuaca women navigate cultural restrictions in education.
Intersectional Gender Violence
Documenting colonial legacies in gendered violence against indigenous women requires binational critiques of policies. Jimenez-Estrada et al. (2020) analyze institutional failures in Mexico and Canada. Archetti (2023) explores ikᵾ gender constructions tied to colonial power.
Hidden Modernization Agendas
Uncovering latent colonial power in international development demands empirical analysis of traditional societies. Gómez Quintero et al. (2014) reveal hidden agendas promoting social change. Escobar López (1970) examines gender roles in Peruvian communal land control.
Essential Papers
Engagements with Decolonization and Decoloniality in and at the Interfaces of STS
Kristina Lyons, Juno Salazar Parreñas, Noah Tamarkin et al. · 2017 · Catalyst Feminism Theory Technoscience · 26 citations
Curated and Introduced by Kristina Lyons, Juno Parreñas and Noah Tamarkin
Movimientos sociales y Contabilidad social y ambiental: el rol de las contra-cuentas como ejercicio de la crítica
Andrés Cabrera-Narváez, Fabián Leonardo Quinche Martín · 2021 · Innovar · 11 citations
Este documento estudia las contracuentas como una forma de ejercicio de la crítica. En particular, se da cuenta del uso y el sentido atribuido a este tipo de informes por los movimientos sociales ...
Del antipatriarcado al feminismo: derivas del ethos militante en un movimiento social de la Argentina (2004-2015)
Francisco Longa · 2016 · Revista Interdisciplinaria de Estudios de Género de El Colegio de México · 7 citations
El presente artículo se ocupa de observar el recorrido de la cuestión de género en un movimiento social contemporáneo en Argentina, a partir de las tendencias prefigurativas o pragmáticas que muest...
Etnicidad, género y educación superior. Trayectorias de dos mujeres arhuacas en Colombia
Ángela Santamaría · 2016 · Convergencia Revista de Ciencias Sociales · 4 citations
Nos preguntamos en este texto, ¿cómo han enfrentado estas lideresas las restricciones culturales frente a las exigencias de la vida pública ¿Cómo han creado una amalgama de capitales y saberes dive...
Mujer es cosmos: una mirada de género entre los ikᵾ de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Chiara Archetti · 2023 · Jangwa Pana · 2 citations
En este artículo se explora la dimensión del género y el origen de la construcción sexual entre los ikᵾ (arhuaco), grupo de lengua chibcha, que habita en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), en ...
DIÁLOGOS BINACIONALES SOBRE LOS RETOS PARA DOCUMENTAR LA(S) VIOLENCIA(S) CONTRA MUJERES INDÍGENAS EN MÉXICO Y CANADÁ
Vivian Jimenez-Estrada, Norma Don Juan Pérez, Patricia Torres Sandoval et al. · 2020 · Abya-yala Revista sobre Acesso à Justiça e Direitos nas Américas · 2 citations
Este artículo está basado en un diálogo binacional que cuestiona las políticas públicas y la producción de conocimiento sobre la violencia contra mujeres Indígenas de Abya Yala. Analizamos críticam...
The (Un)Senses of School in the Youth Justice
Julieta Nebra, Mariana Correa · 2023 · Educação & Realidade · 1 citations
ABSTRACT From a socio-anthropological, intersectional, and feminist perspective, this article analyzes the meanings that secondary schooling takes on for young males with alternative penal measures...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Gómez Quintero et al. (2014) for hidden development agendas in traditional societies and Escobar López (1970) for gender in Peruvian land control, establishing colonial power baselines.
Recent Advances
Study Lyons et al. (2017) for STS decolonial interfaces, Archetti (2023) for ikᵾ gender cosmos, and Nebra & Correa (2023) for intersectional youth justice senses.
Core Methods
Core methods: ethnographic leadership trajectories (Santamaría, 2016), counter-accounting critiques (Cabrera-Narváez & Quinche Martín, 2021), and militant ethos analysis (Longa, 2016).
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Discover & Search
Research Agent uses searchPapers and exaSearch to find decolonial gender papers like Lyons et al. (2017), then citationGraph reveals 26 citing works on STS decolonization, while findSimilarPapers uncovers related indigenous violence studies such as Jimenez-Estrada et al. (2020).
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent applies readPaperContent to parse Santamaría (2016) abstracts for Arhuaca gender trajectories, verifyResponse with CoVe checks claims against OpenAlex data, and runPythonAnalysis with pandas counts citation patterns across 10 papers; GRADE grading scores evidence strength in decolonial frameworks.
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Synthesis Agent detects gaps in colonial power analyses across Longa (2016) and Archetti (2023), flags contradictions in modernization narratives (Gómez Quintero et al., 2014); Writing Agent uses latexEditText for manuscript revisions, latexSyncCitations for 250M+ OpenAlex integration, latexCompile for PDF output, and exportMermaid for power hierarchy diagrams.
Use Cases
"Analyze citation networks in decolonial feminist papers on Latin American gender power."
Research Agent → citationGraph on Lyons et al. (2017) → runPythonAnalysis (pandas network viz, matplotlib export) → researcher gets interactive graph of 26 citations and clusters.
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Synthesis Agent → gap detection in Santamaría (2016) → Writing Agent latexEditText + latexSyncCitations → latexCompile → researcher gets compiled PDF with synced bibliography.
"Find code for analyzing social movement gender data in colonial contexts."
Research Agent → paperExtractUrls from Cabrera-Narváez (2021) → paperFindGithubRepo → githubRepoInspect → researcher gets repo with counter-accounting scripts for socioenvironmental conflicts.
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow scans 50+ OpenAlex papers on coloniality, chaining searchPapers → citationGraph → structured report on gender-power intersections like Lyons et al. (2017). DeepScan applies 7-step CoVe analysis to verify claims in Jimenez-Estrada et al. (2020) violence documentation. Theorizer generates decolonial theory models from Longa (2016) and Archetti (2023) via gap synthesis.
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines Coloniality of Gender and Power?
It investigates colonial legacies shaping gender hierarchies and epistemic power, using decolonial feminist lenses in Latin America, as foundational in Lyons et al. (2017).
What methods are used in this subtopic?
Methods include ethnographic analysis of indigenous trajectories (Santamaría, 2016), binational policy critiques (Jimenez-Estrada et al., 2020), and social movement ethos studies (Longa, 2016).
What are key papers?
Top cited: Lyons et al. (2017, 26 citations) on STS decolonization; Longa (2016, 7 citations) on Argentine feminism; foundational Gómez Quintero et al. (2014) on development agendas.
What open problems persist?
Challenges include scaling epistemic decolonization beyond STS (Lyons et al., 2017) and addressing undocumented gendered violence in indigenous contexts (Jimenez-Estrada et al., 2020).
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