| 英文摘要 |
This study demonstrates how collective autoethnography, as a self-narration process, is useful and suitable for action research in a participatory and collaborative manner. Researchers/actors look for the similarities and differences between their stories by thinking about and discussing these storytelling data in depth. The process enables us to explore the collective story’s meanings in the narrators’socio-cultural context to construct an actionable plan. Initially, this study group was a series of mission-based events for drafting a shadow report (a critical assessment submitted by non-governmental organizations) regarding the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Taiwan. Surprisingly, not only has the gathering continued to this day, but its membership, selection of texts, and the scope of discussion have also been expanded. More importantly, it has become a“support group”within the academic setting for many members. Through intensive discussions and triangulation among ourselves, we identify the marginality of“gender”in the knowledge system of public health, showing that women’s health is discussed only in the context of reproductive health, and the health concerns of sexual and gender minorities are egregiously omitted. Gender relations and the perspectives of women and sexual minorities are conspicuously absent in the field of public health, which, by definition, should attend to the“public”. This study adopts a feminist standpoint theory and explores the meanings of gender, our study group, and its significance in the College of Public Health. We ponder the reasons for gender to be regarded as irrelevant or unimportant in such an academic field and how we, as a collective, can formulate resistance on both the personal and societal levels and gradually legitimize gender studies in public health. |