Supporting Belarusian women to share experiences of gender-based violence and patriarchy using poetry: an autoethnographic approach

2020年8月，白俄罗斯爆发了大规模的反对独裁的和平抗议活动，遭遇了巨大的暴力。我们可以看到私人创伤--如家庭暴力--和公共创伤--如国家暴力--之间的直接联系。对抗议活动的镇压和持续不断的镇压导致了社会支持网络的破坏。今天，每两个白俄罗斯妇女都担心面临身体或性暴力，83%的妇女害怕执法机构的暴力。这些女性被留在家里，默不作声，创伤正在扩大。通过这个项目，我的目标是探索我在白俄罗斯的家庭暴力和国家暴力的个人和家庭经历，以及诗歌的力量，使妇女能够分享她们在基于性别的暴力和父权制方面的经验，并从中获得赋权。自我民族志作为一种结合了自传和民族志的研究方法，使我能够将我的个人和家庭经历置于更大的社会、政治和文化背景中，以突出重大的社会问题并带来变化。这项研究的实际成果将是一组诗歌，旨在提高人们对白俄罗斯家庭暴力和厌女症的认识，并推动社会变革

In August 2020, Belarus burst into a massive peaceful protest against dictatorship, met with immense violence. We could see a direct connection between private traumas - such as domestic abuse, and public traumas - such as state violence. The crackdown on the protest and the ongoing repressions have resulted in destruction of the social support networks. Today, every second Belarusian woman is concerned about facing physical or sexualised violence and 83% of women are afraid of violence from the law enforcement agencies. These women are left on their own and silenced, and the trauma is expanding. With this project I aim to explore my personal and familial experience of domestic abuse and state violence in Belarus as well as the power of poetry to enable women to share their experiences of gender-based violence and patriarchy and find empowerment in that. Autoethnography, as a research method which combines autobiography and ethnography, allows me to place my personal and familial experience in a large social, political and cultural context in order to highlight the big social issues and bring about change. The practical outcome of this research will be a body of poetry that seeks to raise awareness and promote societal change around domestic abuse and misogyny in Belarus