Feminist Investigations
The group welcomes interdisciplinary research and collaboration grounded in contemporary feminist theories and methodologies. This platform for the exchange of ideas is inspired by shared interests, critical perspectives, and collective efforts to imagine liveable futures.
Co-ordinator
Group members
Aims
- Enhance the perspective of gender and intersectionality within the university’s established research areas in social anthropology, sociology, media studies and more, enriching and diversifying them
- In dialogue with medical science, promote women-centered approaches with a particular focus on reproductive rights, the double burden, and gender-based violence
- Highlight, explore and push forward the intersections of postcolonial and postsocialist feminist scholarship, in relation to local, national and regional frameworks
- Explore the overlaps of intersectional feminism with other contemporary theories, such as plant studies, atmosphere studies, food studies, sisterhood studies, disability studies, environmental humanities, new materialism, posthumanism, and more
- Embrace the potential of contemporary art, activism and culture by organizing feminist interventions to bridge and mutually enrich artistic and academic approaches
The group's name is inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (1953), while its commitment to feminist interventions pays tribute to Griselda Pollock.
Group’s image: Herbal Monster. Valdis Jansons and Eva Vēvere . 2020. Courtesy of the artists.
Group events
Monograph 'Visceral Aesthetics: Affects and Feminist Art in Post-Socialism' Released
Launch of a new book on visual activism and reproductive rights
Projects
Fostering INCLUsive biomeDicine gEps in research and higher education institutions
Articles
Feral Intimacy: Feminist Transformations Through Solitary Forest Walks (9.06.2025.)
My First Year Too: Obstetric Violence and Maternal Subjectivity (2024)
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