Subjective positions in the face of violence: constitutive traces of memory in women's testimonies

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1984-8412.2017v14n1p1808

In this article, we present a reflection on subjectivation processes inscribed in witness practice from examining photographs that comprise the "Project 1:4 pictures from obstetric violence" and posts that publicise this on Facebook. Using a discursive approach, we analyse the subjective positions found in this material, turning our interest to ways in which violence is symbolized in the materiality of language and discourse, producing a political speech of reporting aggression and doctor abuse.  In the material composition woven between image and word, formulated in photo essays, the witness is of a performative force that accompanies the transformation processes and ideological shift, producing identification possibilities for women as opposed to naturalization senses of structural gender violence to patriarchal society.