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Using intersectionality responsibly: Toward critical epistemology, structural analysis, and social justice activism
Bonnie Moradi1, Patrick R Grzanka2
1Department of Psychology, University of Florida.
Journal of Counseling Psychology
|October 20, 2017
Summary
This article promotes responsible stewardship of intersectionality, a key concept in social sciences. It offers guidelines for fuller use of intersectionality to understand and challenge power dynamics and oppression.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Psychology
Background:
- Intersectionality is increasingly popular in social sciences.
- Responsible stewardship is needed for this concept's roots and promise.
Purpose of the Study:
- Promote responsible stewardship of intersectionality.
- Encourage fuller use of intersectionality for understanding power dynamics.
- Challenge systems of power, privilege, and oppression.
Main Methods:
- Provides guidelines for reflection and action.
- Organizes guidelines around 3 formulations of intersectionality: field of study, analytic strategy, and critical praxis.
- Emphasizes engagement with intersectionality's roots in Black feminist thought.
Main Results:
- Offers a framework for responsible intersectionality stewardship.
- Highlights intersectionality's potential for interdisciplinary research.
- Calls for expanding intersectionality's application in social justice.
Conclusions:
- Responsible stewardship can enhance intersectionality's impact.
- Fuller engagement with intersectionality's roots and aims is crucial.
- Intersectionality is a vital tool for challenging oppressive structures.
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