Abstract
This article assumes a priori that feminist epistemology must necessarily imply the definition and application of a methodology that is capable of analysing knowledge from a situated perspective, making visible the restrictions of gender, class, ethnicity, and in summary, of the social location. Feminist Standpoint Theory (FST) set out by authors such as Sandra Harding, calls on those who have not had access to power and areas of decision-making to participate in the construction of knowledge and in the social construction of reality. In this article, we will claim for a need of a sociological investigation based on FST and provide some examples and evidence of the knowledge generated by women's voices building on the analysis of 10 doctoral theses. The methodology used is based on the analysis of the topics chosen by the thesis, the formulation of its objectives and the bibliography used. Likewise, we have developed a so-called “Harding test” grounded on her postulates, which has allowed us to assess the doctoral theses analysed and to reflect about the empirical contributions of the research, the feminist commitment and what the subject / object relationship should be in feminist epistemology.
Highlights
The first two sections present an important part of the feminist theoretical legacy: intersectionality and the Feminist Standpoint Theory (FST) considered as conceptual instruments or tools, as analytical categories to allow us to get closer to the reality from another perspective and encourage questioning, conscious, critical and emancipating knowledge
We have focused on the study of the subject-object relationship through the motivations and the objectives; the justification of the methodologies used and; the type of conclusions and proposals made
We have collected the three characteristics Harding attributes to FST research, and we have checked if the ten theses meet these basic criteria: 1. They provide new empirical resources, based on the experiences of women
Summary
The first two sections present an important part of the feminist theoretical legacy: intersectionality and the Feminist Standpoint Theory (FST) considered as conceptual instruments or tools, as analytical categories to allow us to get closer to the reality from another perspective and encourage questioning, conscious, critical and emancipating knowledge. The definition of our study object has led us to make led us to making an ad intra analysis of the doctoral research, assessing its scope as regards generation of feminist scientific knowledge and the characteristics of that doctoral research. We will examine motivations and objectives and the rationale of their positioning in an attempt to determine if their positioning in relation to the object is reached through a critical reflection or as a result of their personal/social positioning
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