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Oct. 15, 2024
草莓污视频导航 researcher leads international transdisciplinary gathering at the (Un)Doing Masculinities Summit 2024
Dr. , PhD, and Research Chair of Masculinities Studies in Education at 草莓污视频导航, believes that creating an intentional and inclusive space for established and emerging researchers is critical in conducting successful transdisciplinary scholarship. And that鈥檚 what he and Dr. , PhD, accomplished with the 2024 (Un)Doing Masculinities Summit.听
Dr. Kehler has worked in the area of critical masculinity studies for 24 years, studying the intersection of gender and education for boys. His research began by studying the boys in school who are often overlooked to better understand the space that dominant masculinity takes up. His research now examines the culture of masculinity and the power dynamics that exist, seeing the ways in which boys and men can become allies for preventing gender-based violence and challenging homophobia, pushing back against norms.听听
Fourteen researchers and postdoctoral scholars from Australia, U.K., Brazil, Ireland and the U.S. gathered in Calgary for a three-day summit to address the broad themes of masculinity in health, sport, education and violence. The goal of the summit was to create an opportunity for well-established scholars in the field to have high-level discussions, uninterrupted, to map out the field and see where issues seem to be emerging nationally and internationally.听听
Funded by a , a and donor support, and in partnership with , this summit was pivotal in ensuring that researchers can nurture research communities.听
鈥淲e鈥檙e fortunate enough to have a SSHRC grant and donor funding, as well as transdisciplinary funding,鈥 says Kehler.
The summit welcomed special guests including 草莓污视频导航 Chancellor Jon Cornish, Edmonton-Highland-Norwood MLA Janis Irwin, Canada country director for Movember Todd Minerson, Hockey Canada鈥檚 vice-president of diversity and inclusion Irfan Chaudhry, and Nada Nuff, a drag performer from Calgary.听
鈥淗aving this broad range of speakers was a crucial part of starting our days and illustrating how gender, and specifically masculinity, lives in the daily lives of different institutions, associations and organizations, and how we think about the kind of research that鈥檚 been done in those spaces and other spaces,鈥 says Kehler. 鈥淚n some ways, it helps us as researchers to see the significance and the impact of our research.鈥听
Highlights of the summit
While there were many, Kehler simply pinpoints three main highlights of the gathering.听听
鈥淔irst and foremost, looking around the room and being so privileged and honored to have such a wealth of knowledge, understanding and international research gathered here in Calgary, in one place at one time,鈥 he says.听听
Secondly, he notes watching the international collaboration unfold and grow in front of him during the intense three days. He鈥檚 motivated and inspired by the emotional richness of the conversations and willingness of the researchers to participate because it gives him confidence in the potential to create opportunities that promote healthy research communities, especially in masculinity studies.听
Finally, Kehler says that structuring the summit differently afforded possibilities for the community-oriented approach they took. It allowed them to nurture ongoing research practices of those established and emerging scholars in the room, bridging theory and practice.听听
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Outcomes of the summit听
In addition to authorship groups and a final report, they took many unconventional approaches to capturing the summit, sharing that they used visual media to create tangible artifacts to visually illustrate the work they did together.听听
Kehler hopes 鈥渢o elevate the dialogue of masculinity studies and use knowledge mobilization to share the work they are doing and illustrate the possibilities of researchers working together and have the opportunity to extend and build communities by design, not by chance.鈥澨听
The partnerships developed during the summit will help make knowledge accessible and available to the wider community.听听
Hope for the future听
Following the summit, Kehler hopes that the momentum spirals outward and creates meaningful impact in the community.听
鈥淎s ambassadors of research, of masculinity studies, I hope that we are able to go forward knowing the possibilities to design and create more opportunities,鈥 says Kehler.听听
鈥淭he wealth and richness of bringing these people together, it鈥檚 a very intentional, very purposeful way to create transdisciplinary research.鈥听
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