Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaFeminist Security Studies and Care Ethics: Security in Latin America in the Wake of the Pandemic
Security in Latin America has traditionally been addressed from a state-centric and notable realistic perspective, underlining the threats to the state, from an external actor or from internal destabilization. This paper aims to highlight the suitability of incorporating Feminist Security...
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2021
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| author | Leone, Mariana S. Caballero, Sergio |
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Security in Latin America has traditionally been addressed from a state-centric and notable realistic perspective, underlining the threats to the state, from an external actor or from internal destabilization. This paper aims to highlight the suitability of incorporating Feminist Security Studies and Care Ethics in security analysis in order to redefine threats and what “feeling safe” implies, especially in the scenario generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, the gaps and silences in mainstream theories in the diagnoses on the worsening of the security challenges in the first semester of the pandemic are evidenced. Also, the nuances and perceptions of security included in the Care Ethics approach are highlighted. It is concluded that the conceptual broadening that the Care Ethics approach entails is relevant to analyze —academically and politically— the security threats in Latin America. |
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| spelling | urvio-article-49892022-01-21T15:18:02Z Feminist Security Studies and Care Ethics: Security in Latin America in the Wake of the Pandemic Estudios feministas de seguridad y ética del cuidado: la seguridad en Latinoamérica a raíz de la pandemia Leone, Mariana S. Caballero, Sergio estudios feministas de seguridad ética del cuidado Latinoamérica pandemia COVID-19 seguridad Care Ethics COVID-19 Feminist Security Studies Latin America pandemic Security in Latin America has traditionally been addressed from a state-centric and notable realistic perspective, underlining the threats to the state, from an external actor or from internal destabilization. This paper aims to highlight the suitability of incorporating Feminist Security Studies and Care Ethics in security analysis in order to redefine threats and what “feeling safe” implies, especially in the scenario generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, the gaps and silences in mainstream theories in the diagnoses on the worsening of the security challenges in the first semester of the pandemic are evidenced. Also, the nuances and perceptions of security included in the Care Ethics approach are highlighted. It is concluded that the conceptual broadening that the Care Ethics approach entails is relevant to analyze —academically and politically— the security threats in Latin America. La seguridad en Latinoamérica ha sido abordada tradicionalmente desde una visión estatocéntrica y marcadamente realista, destacando las amenazas que sufre el Estado frente a un actor externo o frente a desestabilizaciones internas. Este artículo busca resaltar la idoneidad de introducir los estudios feministas de seguridad y la ética del cuidado en los análisis de seguridad, en aras de redefinir las amenazas y qué implica “sentirse seguro”, máxime en el escenario generado por la pandemia de la COVID-19. Para ello, se evidencian las lagunas y los silencios de las teorías dominantes a la hora de entender el agravamiento de los desafíos a la seguridad en los primeros seis meses de pandemia y cómo desde la ética del cuidado sí se incorporan esos matices y percepciones de seguridad. Se concluye que la ética del cuidado conlleva un ensanchamiento conceptual a la hora de analizar —académica y políticamente— las amenazas a la seguridad en Latinoamérica. Abstract Security in Latin America has traditionally been addressed from a state-centric and notable realistic perspective, underlining the threats to the state, from an external actor or from internal destabilization. This paper aims to highlight the suitability of incorporating Feminist Security Studies and Care Ethics in security analysis in order to redefine threats and what “feeling safe” implies, especially in the scenario generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, the gaps and silences in mainstream theories in the diagnoses on the worsening of the security challenges in the first semester of the pandemic are evidenced. Also, the nuances and perceptions of security included in the Care Ethics approach are highlighted. It is concluded that the conceptual broadening that the Care Ethics approach entails is relevant to analyze —academically and politically— the security threats in Latin America. Este artigo sublinha a necessidade e adequação de realizar uma análise dos principais desafios e ameaças quotidianas à segurança na América Latina exacerbadas pela atual pandemia como um olhar mais amplo, complexo e interseccional do aquele oferecido pelas abordagens tradicionais e estadocêntricas. Para este propósito, se apresentam as contribuições dos estudos feministas sobre segurança e se propõe a ética do cuidado como aproximação teórica —e política— para enfrentar esses desafios à segurança, que enfatiza a dimensão de agência daqueles considerados "vulneráveis" e que questiona que os problemas estruturais sejam uma espécie de "maldição" inapelável. Esta agenda de pesquisa procura evitar os “silêncios de gênero” a fim de abordar e definir a segurança na região a partir de uma matriz mais abrangente, igualitária e, portanto, mais pró-ativa na tomada de decisões face às ameaças. FLACSO - Sede Ecuador 2021-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html text/html https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4989 10.17141/urvio.31.2021.4989 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; No. 31 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (septiembre-diciembre); 43-61 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; Núm. 31 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (septiembre-diciembre); 43-61 1390-4299 1390-3691 10.17141/urvio.31.2021 spa https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4989/3860 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4989/3871 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4989/3872 Derechos de autor 2021 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad |
| spellingShingle | Leone, Mariana S. Caballero, Sergio Feminist Security Studies and Care Ethics: Security in Latin America in the Wake of the Pandemic |
| title | Feminist Security Studies and Care Ethics: Security in Latin America in the Wake of the Pandemic |
| title_full | Feminist Security Studies and Care Ethics: Security in Latin America in the Wake of the Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Feminist Security Studies and Care Ethics: Security in Latin America in the Wake of the Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feminist Security Studies and Care Ethics: Security in Latin America in the Wake of the Pandemic |
| title_short | Feminist Security Studies and Care Ethics: Security in Latin America in the Wake of the Pandemic |
| title_sort | feminist security studies and care ethics: security in latin america in the wake of the pandemic |
| url | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4989 |