Unpacking Global Service-Learning In Developing Contexts: A Case Study From Rural Tanzania, Ann M. Oberhauser, Rita Daniels
Aug 2019
Unpacking Global Service-Learning In Developing Contexts: A Case Study From Rural Tanzania, Ann M. Oberhauser, Rita Daniels
Ann Oberhauser
This article examines intercultural aspects of global service-learning (GSL) focused on gender and sustainable development in rural Tanzania. The discussion draws from critical development and postcolonial feminist approaches to examine how GSL addresses globalization, social histories, and political economies of development. The empirical analysis is based on a program that is designed to develop global awareness, intercultural competence, and critical thinking among students and communities. The relationships, discourses, and actions of the participants are examined through written assignments, a focus group discussion, and observations of activities and the community. The findings of this study contribute to broader debates concerning experiential …
Transformation From Within: Practicing Global Education Through Critical Feminist Pedagogy, Ann M. Oberhauser
Aug 2019
Transformation From Within: Practicing Global Education Through Critical Feminist Pedagogy, Ann M. Oberhauser
Ann Oberhauser
This paper examines the transformative role of critical feminist pedagogy as it applies to global experiential learning. I argue that a feminist approach to global education challenges racialized, neoliberal, and colonizing dimensions of higher education. Global experiential learning provides the basis for an interactive or relational form of critical feminist pedagogy within cross-cultural and transnational communities. The methodology for this research is grounded in decolonizing and feminist pedagogies that address multiple levels of engagement within the education process and among students, faculty, and communities. This discussion demonstrates how critical feminist pedagogy effectively addresses societal issues concerning power, privilege, and knowledge …
Ways Forward Engaging Gender & Development, Ann M. Oberhauser
Dec 2010
Ways Forward Engaging Gender & Development, Ann M. Oberhauser
Ann Oberhauser
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) signed at the United Nations (UN) Millennium Summit in 2000 were formulated to end poverty and greatly reduce social, economic and political inequities in the global arena by 2015. Among the eight goals highlighted in this report, gender equity holds an important position and serves as the focus of the third goal to promote gender equality and to empower women. Other highlighted areas include education, health, HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability and global partnerships (UNDP, 2010). Indeed, all these themes relate to gender equity and emphasize the importance of women to the development process as a whole.
Gender And Geography, Ann M. Oberhauser
Dec 2009
Gender And Geography, Ann M. Oberhauser
Ann Oberhauser
The geographical analysis of gender, or simply gender geography, has experienced significant growth since its origins in the 1970s. This field of study has developed from early research on spatial patterns of women's activities to more recent analyses of how spatial processes are linked to gender identities and feminist methodology. Gender and other social relations have been incorporated into nearly all areas of the discipline and brought feminist perspectives to issues such as urban planning, globalization, and, more recently, geographic information science (GIScience).
(Re)Scaling Gender And Globalization: Livelihood Strategies In Accra, Ghana, Ann M. Oberhauser
Dec 2009
(Re)Scaling Gender And Globalization: Livelihood Strategies In Accra, Ghana, Ann M. Oberhauser
Ann Oberhauser
Feminist analyses of globalization provide important perspectives on the increasing integration of global political, economic, and social processes. This paper focuses on several themes in feminist scholarship that inform our
understanding of globalization as a dynamic and contested process in contemporary society. The discussion encompasses an analysis of scale that incorporates the intersection of diverse economic processes from the level of the body to the global arena. This paper also offers feminist insight on spaces of resistance that have
formed alongside neoliberal globalization. The empirical component of this analysis draws from research conducted in the West African nation of Ghana, …
Feminist Pedagogy: Diversity And Praxis In A University Context, Ann M. Oberhauser
Dec 2006
Feminist Pedagogy: Diversity And Praxis In A University Context, Ann M. Oberhauser
Ann Oberhauser
As dynamic today as it was in its first decade, feminist geography continues to undergo significant change. Shifts in institutions of higher education have been fueled by a set of economically driven principles that corresponds to a corporate model of rewards and market-based learning outcomes (Dastree & Sparke, 2000). Feminist geographies challenge these developments in academia through analyses of, for example, hierarchical divisions of labor in the context of changing sociocultural and political-economic structures. This is part and parcel of an effort to transform patriarchal structures in, and the corporatization of, higher education (McDowell, 1990). As we know, feminist course …
Exploring Gender And Economic Development In Appalachia, Melissa Latimer, Ann M. Oberhauser
Dec 2000
Exploring Gender And Economic Development In Appalachia, Melissa Latimer, Ann M. Oberhauser
Ann Oberhauser
Gender relations have influenced the distribution, causes, and consequences of social and economic inequality in the Appalachian region. Labor market studies that examine gender-based sources of inequality greatly expanded our understanding of poverty in Appalachia for both women and men (Billings and Tickamyer 1993). Researchers, who incorporate gender into their analyses, consistently have documented that women are more vulnerable to poverty than men in this region (Latimer 2000; Tickamyer and Tickamyer 1991). The increased attention to gender issues within Appalachian studies reflected the heightened awareness of how gender - in addition to race, class, and ethnicity - shape economic development …
Unraveling Appalachia's Rural Economy: The Case Of A Flexible Manufacturing Network, Ann M. Oberhauser, Amy Pratt, Ann-Marie Turnage
Dec 2000
Unraveling Appalachia's Rural Economy: The Case Of A Flexible Manufacturing Network, Ann M. Oberhauser, Amy Pratt, Ann-Marie Turnage
Ann Oberhauser
Many households and communities in rural Appalachia engage in diverse economic strategies that often are ignored in analyses of economic restructuring in the region (Gaventa, Smith, and Willingham 1990; Obermiller and Philliber 1994). This paper highlights the complex nature of rural economies and particularly informal
activities that intersect with kinship and community-based social networks. Different scales of economic activity are examined as shifts in global capital impact and are influenced by local strategies that include formal as well as informal activities. This analysis uses a case study of a network of home-based machine-knitters to illus-
trate these social and spatial …
A Coalfield Tapestry: Weaving The Socioeconomic Fabric Of Women's Lives, Ann M. Oberhauser, Anne-Marie Turnage
Mar 1999
A Coalfield Tapestry: Weaving The Socioeconomic Fabric Of Women's Lives, Ann M. Oberhauser, Anne-Marie Turnage
Ann Oberhauser
Throughout the coalfields of central Appalachia, working-class people are engaging in alternative means of economic survival. For many, the region's endemic poverty is now worsening as tremendous job losses in coal mining diminish the historic source of employment for working -class men. In order to secure the necessities of life for themselves and their families, working-class women are not only entering the paid labor force but also turning to unregulated forms of income generation that lie outside the formal, wage-earning economy.
The Home As "Field": Households And Homework In Rural Appalachia, Ann M. Oberhauser
Dec 1996
The Home As "Field": Households And Homework In Rural Appalachia, Ann M. Oberhauser
Ann Oberhauser
Locating Lydia's house in rural McDowell Country had been a challenge. We finally stopped at a small post office to ask directions and were directed to a house across a nearby stream. As we reached our destination, a dozen chickens, two goats, and several puppies greeted us in the front yard. Lydia stepped onto the side porch and invited us inside. "Be careful on the stairs," she warned, "my husband still hasn't fixed them rotten boards." Upon entering a small kitchen, Lydia showed us some pictures of the children in her home-based day care. In the living room, a coal-burning …
Industrial Restructuring And Women's Homework In Appalachia: Lessons From West Virginia, Ann M. Oberhauser
Dec 1992
Industrial Restructuring And Women's Homework In Appalachia: Lessons From West Virginia, Ann M. Oberhauser
Ann Oberhauser
This paper analyzes the relationship between industrial restructuring and women's homework in Appalachia. Since the early 1970s, industrial restructuring in this region has led to substantial job loss in mining and manufacturing industries and increased employment in the service sector. These employment shifts, coupled with Appalachia's long tradition of informal sector activities, make homework a viable income-generating strategy for women. This paper first addresses some of the literature on the geography of gender and industrial restructuring. Second, women's homework is analyzed as an economic strategy in response to industrial restructuring. In the third section, the types and significance of women's …
Assessing The Early Effects Of Emerging Trade Blocs: Research Agendas For North America And Europe., Janos L. Wimpffen, Russell B. Capelle Jr, Ann M. Oberhauser, James E. Randall, Barney L. Warf
Dec 1989
Assessing The Early Effects Of Emerging Trade Blocs: Research Agendas For North America And Europe., Janos L. Wimpffen, Russell B. Capelle Jr, Ann M. Oberhauser, James E. Randall, Barney L. Warf
Ann Oberhauser
General agreement exists about at least two aspects of the formation and development of the trade blocs of North America and Europe. It is agreed, first, that the codified terms of the Canada-U.s. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the Single European Act (referred to here as Europe 1992) are formaI manifestations of certain inexorable processes and, second, that enactment of the agreements has consequences beyond the intentions of the framers. Other than these basic postulates, one is unlikely to find considerable agreement among researchers. Differences in theoretical outlooks, access to and interpretation of data, and national perspectives aIl conspire to …
