Intersectional Praxis

Abstract

There has been a great deal of focus on how to do intersectionality research, and less attention on how individuals or groups might do intersectionality. And how do we know it when we see it? This paper is an exploratory incursion into those questions. I argue that intersectional praxis rests on two requirements: intersectional recognition, or attention to the role of difference in terms of acknowledgement and analysis; and a politics of accountability, or a commitment to aid in the eradication of oppressive relations. The research for this paper and the research questions that guide it were developed on a preliminary basis, and have expanded in tandem with the field research itself, conducted in Costa Rica and Uruguay.

Keywords: intersectionality, latin america, uruguay, costa rica