Gendering indigenous subjects: an institutional ethnography of corporate social responsibility in Ecuador

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs are institutions of governance and development designed to respond to socio-ecological impacts of resource extraction. I argue that CSR programs are an overlooked tool of the neoliberal project of gendered indigenous subject formation in Ecuador. The ar...

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Published inGender, place and culture : a journal of feminist geography Vol. 27; no. 8; pp. 1134 - 1154
Main Author Billo, Emily
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.08.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Companies
Corporate social responsibility
Ecuador
Ethnography
Extraction
Feminism
Gender
gendered indigenous subjects
Governance
Indigenous peoples
institutional ethnography
Intersectionality
Marginality
Neoliberalism
Political ecology
Postcolonialism
resource governance
Social programs
Social responsibility
Women
Ecuador
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Summary:Corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs are institutions of governance and development designed to respond to socio-ecological impacts of resource extraction. I argue that CSR programs are an overlooked tool of the neoliberal project of gendered indigenous subject formation in Ecuador. The article contributes to feminist political ecology through its use of institutional ethnography, a feminist methodology. It advances feminist commitments to everyday, embodied analyses of resource struggles, illustrating how gender and indigeneity are intersectional subjectivities provoked by the socio-spatial relationships of CSR programs. Postcolonial intersectional analysis of CSR programs demonstrates how power expands through gender and indigeneity contributing to indigenous women's ongoing marginalization in Ecuador.
ISSN:0966-369X
1360-0524
DOI:10.1080/0966369X.2019.1650723