Trialogue: Power!
Beginning with a physics analogy to illustrate how the act of observing something determines what we observe, this issue of Trialogue turns its attention to the possibilities opened up when organisational change is reconceptualised with a focus on gender and power. In Reflections and Research, Aruna Rao, David Kelleher and Joyce Fletcher discuss frameworks and definitions of power and explore how varied understandings of power have differential and gendered impacts on organisational relationships.The pieces by Pregs Govender, Rieky Stuart and Itziar Lozano in the Policy and Practice sections offer examples of how a focus on power brings to light strategies for challenging gender inequity within institutions. Finally, Susan Griffin offers the power of imagination and belief to create a hopeful vision for reaching a better future. These new and old ways of thinking about power are brought together in this publication to attempt an understanding of how power can be deployed by feminists to bring about organisational change and achieve equity and empowerment.
