About this Partnership
In the last few months of 2021, OPF partnered with the “Understanding Power and Knowledge in Research” women’s studies class from the University of Toronto, to amplify some students’ creative work. The class looked at key themes like intersectionality, epistemological frameworks, different forms of interviewing, and art history, and explored the following important questions:
What is power, where does it exist within research and research methods, and whose voices are represented in mainstream findings?
As part of the class’ assignment, students were to choose a topic of their choice and represent their research findings through a creative piece of any kind. This could include drawings, poetry, stories, etc., and through our partnership, the students from this class were able to amplify their creative findings in a personal, reflective, and visionary way.
OPF’s goal in this partnership was to empower students and provide them with the platform and opportunity to reach out to their larger student community and share their work. We hope that by drawing connections and partnerships with larger research and art communities, we can contribute to the contemporary and emerging approach to research and academia that is more diverse, interdisciplinary, and inclusive of students and early-career researchers.
Black Women in the Media by Lauraine Ramazani Buledi
Muslim Women Feminism by Michelle Ramnaraine
“The Hijabi Named Haadiya”
Black Feminism by Negin Haghighi Najafabadi
“She Lost Her Identity to Conformity”
“The Experiences Of Women In STEM Fields” by Farah Sunderji
Sexualization Against Girls of Colour by Sheherzade Khan
The poem can be found on our Blog section here.
Body Image Poem by Simran Suri
The poem can be found on our Blog section here.
Experiences of LGBTQ+ Youth on Social Media by Christy Lee
The poem can be found on our Blog section here.
Experiences of a Trans POC
The piece can be found on our Blog section here.
Feminism and Social Media by Ireland Fidale
The essay can be found on our Blog section here.
Women in the Online Gaming Community by Robin Leung
The essay can be found on our Blog section here.
“Essentializing Indigenous Epistemologies: An African Vantage Point“
The text and annotated bibliography can be found on our Blog page here.