‘Me Too’ and the ‘List’ – Power Dynamics, Shame, and Accountability in Indian Academia
dc.contributor.author | Dey, Adrija | |
dc.coverage.spatial | India | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-21T13:45:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-21T13:45:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-09-21 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Dey, A. (2020) ‘Me Too’ and the ‘List’ – Power Dynamics, Shame, and Accountability in Indian Academia' in (Tadros, M. and Edwards, J., Eds) Collective Action for Accountability on Sexual Harassment: Global Perspectives, IDS Bulletin 51.2: Brighton: IDS | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/15645 | |
dc.description.abstract | In October 2017, Raya Sarkar, a law student of Indian descent, posted a crowdsourced list on Facebook of male academics who allegedly harassed women. India’s academic world splintered and the #MeToo movement became a student movement emerging from campuses resisting a culture of widespread sexism, abuse, and violence which is rife in Indian academia. Some academics criticised the List for leaving out the names of accusers and specific details of the alleged incidents, raising questions about anonymity and accountability. However, the List also received extensive support as for decades survivors have tried unsuccessfully to get justice through the system following informal and formal complaint mechanisms, and it became a manifestation of years of frustration against institutions. Keeping the List at its core, this article explores ideas of due process, the need for intersectional approaches to fight sexual and gender-based violence in academia, and finally the ideas of institutional accountability. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – FCDO | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | IDS Bulletin;51.2 | |
dc.rights | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited and any modifications or adaptations are indicated. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Gender | en |
dc.title | ‘Me Too’ and the ‘List’ – Power Dynamics, Shame, and Accountability in Indian Academia | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.identifier.team | Power and Popular Politics | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.19088/1968-2020.130 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-09-21 | |
rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) | en |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en |
rioxxterms.funder.project | 776d009f-7b49-4932-a890-f5809a8edb5c | en |
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