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Implicit feminist solidarity(ies)? The role of gender in the social movements of the Greek crisis
Author(s) -
Kouki Hara,
Chatzidakis Andreas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/gwao.12540
Subject(s) - solidarity , temporalities , social movement , sociology , gender studies , value (mathematics) , social reproduction , reproduction , warrant , situated , political science , social science , politics , law , economics , social capital , ecology , machine learning , artificial intelligence , computer science , financial economics , biology
Abstract This article explores the role of gender in the social movements of the Greek crisis. Building on extensive fieldwork, we observe a gradual shift from claim‐based, street mobilizations to locally embedded solidarity initiatives that addressed social reproduction needs in relation to food, health, education, and housing. We illustrate how this foregrounded social reproductive practices; challenged traditional divisions of labor and the temporalities and spatialities of movement organizing; and brought forward the value of building intersectional coalitions and of embracing affect and radical care. Despite the lack of explicitly articulated feminist values and principles, we argue that many social movements of the crisis therefore have cultivated situated and implicit modes of feminist solidarity that warrant further attention. Accordingly, we discuss the implications for feminist organizing and radical social movements more broadly.