Martyrdom? Peace-building? Community Resilience? The Development of Masculine Identities of Activism in the Middle East:

When you think about activism in the Middle East, what are the first things that come to mind? Emma Swan asks us to consider, and then reconsider the very images that just came to your mind.  Having worked in Israel & Palestine, Emma's research looks at how colonialism impacts the male gender identity of the Palestine Resistance movements.  In this episode, GDP is delighted to feature Emma's research to understand how resistance and activism unfold in Middle East and beyond. Emma Swan is a Ph.D. Candidate at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. She is a scholar with the P.E. Trudeau Foundation, and the holder of the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship. Her research looks at masculinities of Palestinian resistance movements, and how orientalism of violence and nonviolence are constructed. She also works as a consultant specializing in gender and development in fragile and conflict affected states. Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter: @ProfessorHuish