Of the Common and the unusual: how different subaltern feminisms understand the proposal of the Commons Cover Image

De lo Común y de lo poco corriente: cómo entienden diferentes feminismos subalternos la propuesta de los Comunes.
Of the Common and the unusual: how different subaltern feminisms understand the proposal of the Commons

Author(s): Anyi Castelblanco, Lucía Delbene, Cristina Santacruz
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Epistemology, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Commons; feminism; feminist epistemology; subaltern feminisms; subalterns;

Summary/Abstract: Currently in the region, feminist proposals are the ones that contain the greatest potential for change to think about existences and alternatives practices to those imposed by the current hegemonic system that has led us to the multiple global crises that exist today. The objective of this article is to review the proposal of three subaltern feminist frameworks: ecofeminism, decolonial feminism and communitarian feminism to understand how they are related to the notion of Commons and the disputes that have arisen around them. These three currents of thought were chosen on the basis that the main current dispute in defense of the Commons is against a patriarchal system that is structured on three pillars: capitalist accumulation, the colonialist subordination of peoples and the extractivist depredation of Nature. It is concluded that the three feminist proposals that are analyzed have a strong relational base (among social communites and towards Nature) and, consequently, are opposed to the androcentric and utilitarian capitalist notion of the Common. This allows these feminist currents to propose changes, practices and alternatives to transform the person-person and person-Nature relationships that make the sustainability of daily life possible, towards more horizontal, equitable relationships that seek to eliminate any otherness. We understand that it is in that interwoven of relationships in the terms proposed by these three feminist frameworks, each with its own emphasis, where the Common is embodied, built and cared for.

  • Issue Year: 3/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 65-77
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Spanish