Furthering diversity agendas in grassroots cultural production: a feminist geographical inquiry

这一博士研究项目的重点是在女权主义、草根文化生产的背景下探索多样性和包容性的实践。显然，尽管大多数部门的讨论越来越多，但目前全社会对多样性议程的参数和概念化仍存在相当大的困惑。女权主义经常处于这些辩论的前沿(#MeToo、性别工资差距、性别认同等)。最近的文献也强调了基层激进主义在促进多样性议程中的重要性。这项研究聚焦于草根、女权主义者、朋克组织大声女性，这是一个为促进和庆祝地下音乐场景的多样性而成立的社区。通过其创立原则和在社区所有方面的持续包容性做法，喧闹妇女将多样性议程最常见的表现形式--“参与的多样性”--扩展为“存在的多样性”。根据我与吵闹的女性合作以及参与更广泛的音乐领域的经验，我为这个项目提出了两个研究方向。首先，我打算与吵闹的女性合作进行一次女权主义合作调查，最终制作一本杂志，详细介绍吵闹的女性社区成员所讲述的历史和意义。这将得到组织内的人种学和基于访谈的研究的赞扬。其次，我将通过批判性的政策分析和与英国音乐部门的各种利益相关者(音乐场地信托基金、艺术理事会、CTRL中的女性等)的进一步采访，来了解吵闹的女性的背景。通过这样做，该项目将在文化生产的背景下，特别是在女权主义的草根背景下，进一步理解多样性议程。它还将在多样性议程和女权主义合作调查方法的背景下与女权主义行为者接触。通过将女权主义地理学与合作的女权主义方法论结合起来，该项目将对有关多样性议程和女权主义文化生产的文学做出宝贵贡献。

This doctoral research project focusses on exploring practices of diversity and inclusivity within the context of feminist, grassroots cultural production. It is clear that there is currently considerable confusion over the parameters and conceptualisation of diversity agendas throughout society, despite increasing discussions in most sectors. Feminism has often been at the forefront of these debates (#MeToo, the gender pay gap, gender identity, etc.). Recent literature has also highlighted the importance of grassroots activism in furthering diversity agendas. This research spotlights the grassroots, feminist, punk organization LOUD WOMEN, a community formed to promote and celebrate diversity in the underground music scene. Through its founding principle and ongoing practice of inclusivity in all aspects of the community, LOUD WOMEN has expanded the most common manifestation of a diversity agenda, 'diversity of participation', into 'diversity of being'. Drawing on my experiences of working with LOUD WOMEN and participating in the wider music scene, I propose two research strands for this project. First, I intend to conduct a feminist cooperative inquiry in partnership with LOUD WOMEN, culminating in the production of a zine detailing the history and import of the LOUD WOMEN community as told by its members. This will be complimented by ethnographic and interview-based research within the organization. Second, I will contextualize LOUD WOMEN through critical policy analysis and further interviews engaging with a variety of stakeholders in the UK music sector (Music Venue Trust, the Arts Council, Women in CTRL etc.). Through so doing this project will further understandings of diversity agendas in the context of cultural production, particularly in a feminist, grassroots setting. It will also engage with feminist actors, both in the context of diversity agendas and the methodology of feminist cooperative inquiry. By marrying feminist geographies with cooperative feminist methodology, this project will make a valuable contribution to literature concerning diversity agendas and feminist cultural production.