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In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir (2024)
Journal Article
Brännlund, E., Buser, M., Holt, N., Mytton, J., Fazli, A., Leeson, L., …Sinha, V. (2024). In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir. Childhood, 31(1), 48-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682241226521

This paper focuses on art productions by children participating in an art-based wellbeing intervention project in Kashmir. Drawing on feminist security studies, we conducted narrative analysis to explore how children represent in/security. The locati... Read More about In/secure childhoods: Children and conflict in Kashmir.

Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas (2023)
Journal Article
Buser, M., Brännlund, E., Holt, N. J., Leeson, L., & Mytton, J. (in press). Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2023.2168710

Background: This paper details findings from an arts intervention project that explored the role and potential for arts activities and art therapy to support the mental health and wellbeing of children living in Kashmir, an area of long-term confli... Read More about Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas.

A note on gender and Kashmiriyat (2018)
Journal Article
Brännlund, E. (2018). A note on gender and Kashmiriyat. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 20(4), 648-650. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2018.1532173

Discourses of insaniyat, Kashmiriyat aur jamhooriyat (humanism, “Kashmiriness,” and democracy) have resurfaced in Indian discussions on Kashmir since 2016. The phrase was originally coined by the former prime minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee,... Read More about A note on gender and Kashmiriyat.

Gender and resistance in Kashmir: old paradigms, new approaches (2018)
Journal Article
Brännlund, E., & Parashar, S. (2018). Gender and resistance in Kashmir: old paradigms, new approaches. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 20(4), 645-647. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2018.1532172

In July 2016, violence erupted in Srinagar and other towns in the Kashmir Valley across the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. This violence came in response to the killing of a popular young militant, Burhan Wani, by the Indian security for... Read More about Gender and resistance in Kashmir: old paradigms, new approaches.

Feminist perspectives on Kashmir (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Brännlund, E. (2018, June). Feminist perspectives on Kashmir. Paper presented at Feministisk Festival, Malmö, Sweden

Panel at Feministisk Festival, Malmö

Reimagining Kashmir: Gender, resistance, and the futures of the state (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Brännlund, E. (2018, May). Reimagining Kashmir: Gender, resistance, and the futures of the state. Paper presented at Social Science in the City, Watershed, Bristol, England

This event will explore the role of gender in reproducing militarisation and resistance in Kashmir. The centre of both a geopolitical territorial struggle between India and Pakistan and a resistance movement against the Indian Government, Kashmir is... Read More about Reimagining Kashmir: Gender, resistance, and the futures of the state.

When the personal becomes research: Reflections on fieldwork in Kashmir (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Brännlund, E. (2018, April). When the personal becomes research: Reflections on fieldwork in Kashmir. Paper presented at Ethnography and Cross-Cultural Research Workshop, Cardiff University/Prifysgol Caerdydd, Cardiff, Wales

Fieldwork is a personal and embodied act. Intersectional positionalities of gender, race, class, and location inform the relationship between the researcher and participants in the field. This relationship is not necessarily constituted by the binari... Read More about When the personal becomes research: Reflections on fieldwork in Kashmir.

Negotiating in/security: Women’s activism in Kashmir (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Brännlund, E. (2018, April). Negotiating in/security: Women’s activism in Kashmir. Paper presented at Pint of Research: Global Society, Bristol, England

This paper aims to interrogate the relationship between women’s activism and in/security through a narrative approach to feminist security studies. The investigation of women’s activism in the Kashmir Valley highlights gendered notions of in/security... Read More about Negotiating in/security: Women’s activism in Kashmir.

Contesting feminism/feminist contestations in debates on feminist foreign policy (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Brännlund, E. (2018, April). Contesting feminism/feminist contestations in debates on feminist foreign policy. Paper presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California

In April 2017, Saudi Arabia was elected to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Of the 54 UN members eligible to vote, 47 voted for Saudi Arabia to join, while 7 abstained. Sweden was one of the states that partook in the election process,... Read More about Contesting feminism/feminist contestations in debates on feminist foreign policy.

‘Destructive masculinities’ and ‘women mediators’: Conceptualising gender in feminist foreign policy (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Brännlund, E. (2018, April). ‘Destructive masculinities’ and ‘women mediators’: Conceptualising gender in feminist foreign policy. Paper presented at 7th Annual IFjP Conference, San Francisco, California

This paper analyses Sweden’s agenda of feminist foreign policy (FFP). In 2014, the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, proudly announced that the newly formed Social Democrat and Green coalition Government would pursue a new foreig... Read More about ‘Destructive masculinities’ and ‘women mediators’: Conceptualising gender in feminist foreign policy.

An introduction to Kashmir (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Brännlund, E. (2017, November). An introduction to Kashmir. Paper presented at Rafto Conference, Bergen, Norway

An introduction to Kashmir at Rafto Conference

Narratives in/of translations: A trialogue on translating narratives cross-culturally (2013)
Journal Article
Brännlund, E., Kovacic, T., & Lounasmaa, A. (2013). Narratives in/of translations: A trialogue on translating narratives cross-culturally

Three authors, from different cultural contexts and research fields, engage in atrialogue,interrogating three stages of research—formulation of research protocol, field work,and data analysis—in order to explore some of the complexities of... Read More about Narratives in/of translations: A trialogue on translating narratives cross-culturally.

Pakistan (2013)
Book Chapter
Brännlund, E. (2013). Pakistan. In M. Zeiss Stange, C. K. Oyster, & J. E. Sloan (Eds.), The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications

"The Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World looks at women today and delves into contexts of being female in the 21st century. The scope of the Encyclopedia focuses on women's status starting approximately in the year 2000 and going forward. From A-t... Read More about Pakistan.

Pacifism, female (2013)
Book Chapter
Brännlund, E. (2013). Pacifism, female. In M. Zeiss Stange, C. K. Oyster, & J. E. Sloan (Eds.), The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications

"The Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World looks at women today and delves into contexts of being female in the 21st century. The scope of the Encyclopedia focuses on women's status starting approximately in the year 2000 and going forward. From A-t... Read More about Pacifism, female.

Conflict zones (Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Darfur, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Northern Ireland, Colombia) (2013)
Book Chapter
Brännlund, E. (2013). Conflict zones (Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Darfur, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Northern Ireland, Colombia). In M. Zeiss Stange, C. K. Oyster, & J. E. Sloan (Eds.), The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications

"The Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World looks at women today and delves into contexts of being female in the 21st century. The scope of the Encyclopedia focuses on women's status starting approximately in the year 2000 and going forward. From A-t... Read More about Conflict zones (Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Darfur, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Northern Ireland, Colombia).

Bhutto, Benazir (2013)
Book Chapter
Brännlund, E. (2013). Bhutto, Benazir. In M. Zeiss Stange, C. K. Oyster, & J. E. Sloan (Eds.), The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications

"The Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World looks at women today and delves into contexts of being female in the 21st century. The scope of the Encyclopedia focuses on women's status starting approximately in the year 2000 and going forward. From A-t... Read More about Bhutto, Benazir.