For a Revival of Feminist Consciousness Raising: Horizontal Transformation of Epistemologies and Transgression of Neoliberal TimeSpace

This paper looks back on the methodology and experience of feminist consciousness-raising
(CR) in the 1970s, in relation to the current re-emergence of feminism. It constructs an
argument that a new wave of CR is desirable so as to construct new forms of feminist
pedagogy and activism. The paper will argue that contemporary feminism in the UK and US
would benefit from this kind of methodology, through which a standpoint is constructed. The
core of the paper is an analysis of how CR works as an affective and social process. Drawing
on academic studies and participant accounts, the paper reconstructs the mechanisms through
which participants' subjectivities and narratives are expressed and transformed. It suggests
that these mechanisms express different non-homogeneous temporalities. The paper invites
feminist pedagogy to get back to the base level of experience and unfold new theories and
strategies to address the current context.