Geopol, Dowler and Sharp 2010

A Feminist Geopolitics?

Why is feminist geopolitics seen as separate from critical geopolitics?

They maintain disciplinary boundaries in academic practice.

What is a key critique of the cultural turn?

It overemphasises representation and identity over material reality.

How is feminist geopolitics positioned in relation to critical geopolitics?

As a needed corrective/extension.

What do critical, feminist, and postcolonial theories reveal?

Hidden power in everyday life.

What does “embodying geopolitics” mean?

Geopolitics is lived through bodies, not just states.

Do women have geopolitical agency?

Yes, but it is often overlooked.

What should be questioned beyond rewriting women into geopolitics?

Why they were excluded in the first place.

What is Tuathail’s “anti-geopolitical eye”?

A moral, engaged perspective vs detached state view.

How does traditional geopolitics view perspective?

As distanced and “all-seeing.”

Why must materiality be included in geopolitics?

Discourses also produce pain, death, and suffering.

How are gender roles often framed in war narratives?

Men as heroes, women as victims.

How are feminist scholars rescaling geopolitics?

From global/state to body, home, and community.

How are bodies understood in feminist geopolitics?

As sites of performance, not passive surfaces.

How do discourses relate to bodies?

They are interpreted and used, not just imposed.

What does feminist geopolitics change beyond representation?

It highlights everyday practices and lived experience.

What is a limitation of feminist geopolitics?

It does not represent all women equally.

What does decolonising knowledge require?

Decentering Western authority.

What problem do non-Western scholars report?

Being heard without their knowledge being valued.

How is gender tied to nationalism (example Cuba)?

Women included but still framed as “mothers of the revolution.”

How does feminist geopolitics view private space?

As politically significant, not apolitical.