Llamando al feminismo: antropología feminista para museos etnológicos

This text is the result of a working group initially formed between the Museo Etnolóxico de Ribadavia and the area of Social Anthropology of the University of Vigo, with the aim of conducting a feminist revision of classic texts that are frequently used as a basis for ethnographic museographies in Galicia. This project allowed us to develop a personal and group learning process that we deemed worth continuing and voluntarily, as our interest exceeded the established programme. As a result of a bibliographical review and the authors’ professional and personal experience, and understanding feminism as a theory and as political practice, with this article our aim is to present some questions that we have learned throughout the process. On the one hand, it is essential to clear up any confusion that might limit the possibilities of realising critical representations in museums. For this reason, a large part of this text has been devoted to clarifying terminology. On the other hand, one of the main concerns was to establish a formula of practical intent. This line has been named «calling for feminism» and has the purpose of developing a way of working that remains attentive to categorisations, intersectionality, and intersubjectivity.