Dis/Placement, Dis/Location, Dis/Engagement? FEMINIST REFLECTIONS ON THE PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE IN EXILE

Abstract

This article examines the production of feminist knowledge under conditions of exile through the case of Belarusian gender studies after 2020. Drawing on feminist epistemology and most notably Donna Haraway’s concept of situated knowledges, the article conceptualizes displacement as an epistemic condition that reshapes research agendas, methods of study, and modes of engagement. Problematizing the notions of dis/placement, dis/location, and dis/engagement, the author states that what may be perceived as a disruption in professional occupation and loss of cultural belonging, burdened by uncertainty, precariousness and nomadic life, eventually results into a reconfiguration of feminist epistemic labor and the production of new knowledge on gender subjects.