"Just doing what needs to be done:" rural women's peacebuilding on the prairies

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dc.contributor.authorNeusteter, Jessica Robin
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeEns, Charlotte (Educational Administration, Foundations and Psychology), Wiens, John (Educational Administration, Foundations and Psychology), Wiebe, Nettie (Church and Society, St. Andrew's College)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorSenehi, Jessica (Peace and Conflict Studies), Snyder, Anna (Conflict Resolution Studies, Menno Simons College)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-21T16:23:55Z
dc.date.available2016-09-21T16:23:55Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.degree.disciplinePeace and Conflict Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractUsually bubbling under the surface of the ordinary everyday routines of life, women’s volunteering in their communities, helping out and just doing what needs to be done, represent a significant phenomenon in sustaining and developing human life and civilization. Embedded within their everyday community action is a dialectical learning and cognitive praxis which informs their situated public care practice. Grassroots peacebuilding is dependent on the efforts of volunteers. As well, volunteering itself is a means for building social cohesion, solidarity and trust—factors fundamental to sustainable development and peace. Rural women’s community involvement is situated within the everyday of their diverse communities. There is diversity both within and between rural communities; as well rural women represent a diverse group in regards to age, race, class, ethnicity, language, marital and family status, ability, and religion. Blending participant observation and in-depth interviewing, this ethnographic study explored rural women’s community involvement practice and learning in South-Central Manitoba. This study invited women from across the region; representing a mix of age, race, education, ability, ethnicity, religion and areas of involvement, to share their stories of being involved in their communities. Their narratives revealed a rich story of women’s peacebuilding for individual and community wellbeing fitting into a tradition of rural women’s community development. As well, their learning narratives revealed a situated community involvement learning within the action and reflection of being community involved.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2016en_US
dc.identifier.citationNeustaeter, R. (2015). ‘It’s not just the icing, it’s the glue’: Rural women’s volunteering in Manitoba. In M.P. Flaherty, S. Byrne, H. Tuso, and T.G. Matyok (Eds.), Gender and peacebuilding: All hands required, (195-212). Boulder: Lexington Books.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNeustaeter, R. (2015). Situated feminism, rurality and women’s learning in rural Manitoba, Canada. Canadian Journal for the Studies in Adult Education Online, 27(2), 100-119.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/31847
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherLexington Booksen_US
dc.publisherCanadian Journal for the Studies in Adult Educationen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectAdult educationen_US
dc.subjectPeaceen_US
dc.subjectPeacebuildingen_US
dc.subjectwomen's learningen_US
dc.subjectCommunity developmenten_US
dc.subjectRuralen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectVolunteeren_US
dc.subjectwomen's peacebuildingen_US
dc.subjectwomen and developmenten_US
dc.subjectinformal learningen_US
dc.title"Just doing what needs to be done:" rural women's peacebuilding on the prairiesen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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