Transformative narratives and ethical witnessing: the 7N Feminist Platform’s discursive strategies against gender-based violence
Keywords:
Gender-violence, Ethical witnessing, 7N Platform, Narratives, Social Change,Abstract
The aim of this article is to explore the transformative possibilites of the narratives produced on gender-based violence. Therefore, we will analyze the online discursive strategies developed by the Feminist Platform 7N to bring about an anlytical model built upon the concept of the ethical witnessing articulated by Oliver (2001; 2004). We will discuss the relationship between giving testimony and witnessing gender-based violence, the kind of discourse developed and if it helps to identify sencondary victimization. We will also discuss whether this kind of discourses could be emancipatory and at the same time whether these narratives could be part of the feminist fight for women’s rights. We conclude that certain activist praxis against gender-based violence can challenge the hegemonic frames of recognition of gender-based violence and thus produce discourses on the victims of the violence which can be ultimately emancipatory.
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