Intersectionality – A challenge for development research and practice?

Julia Grünenfelder and Carolin Schurr

Development in Practice, 2015, vol. 25, issue 6, 771-784

Abstract: “Intersectionality” as a concept is increasingly finding its way into development work. In order to develop an understanding of the concept, this article shows how intersectionality can be used as a conceptual framework to analyse identity-based development claims. The article builds on qualitative research with people living in the countryside in northwest Pakistan to develop an intersectional methodology to engage with development claims. It uses a three-step analytical model to identify subject positions from which different people negotiate “eligibility for development'' and ‘‘responsibility to develop”. The paper shows how frequently used categorisations such as gender and class should be complicated by development practitioners and worked with in a more nuanced way.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.1059800

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