Jornaleras de Huelva en Lucha Collective: A political analysis from a gender perspective of the emergence of women activists as political subjects

Abstract

Abstract The main goal of this research project is to analyze the discourses and practices that constitute the female agriculture day workers of the collective Jornaleras de Huelva en Lucha as political subjects. I focus on their public narratives gathered in specialized magazines, newspapers, conferences, interviews, and social media, where they define their syndicalist activism as feminist, antiracist, and environmental. Using the notion of parrhesia, coined by Foucault, and the Arendtian conceptualization of political action as my main theoretical approaches, I argue how by acting in the public sphere, these women introduce themselves into the world, reappropriating the political arena by constituting themselves as political subjects. Furthermore, I elaborate on the importance the emergence of these female activists from low extracts of society has on modern democracies and their politics. In a contemporary world ruled by the capitalist system and gripped by a political crisis, it may be necessary to start looking for solutions at the margins, and rethink the political subject if we want to find new strategies. The second goal of this research project is to contribute more female references within education and society by disseminating the work that women do in different fields.