Pilar García Navarro
2025-2026
Marcel Bataillon
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Anatomy of a division. Critical analysis of internal conflicts and their impacts on contemporary feminist movements.
She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). She also holds degrees in Anthropology from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) and in History from the University of Alicante (UA).
Her work focuses on social movements and feminist anthropology. She is part of the R&D project “RAFIKAT: Memory of Feminist Political Activism during the Years of Lead in Morocco (1970–1980)” at the University of Seville (US), funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
During her doctoral research, she conducted research stays at the Institute for Advanced Social Studies of the National University of San Martín (UNSAM) in Argentina and at the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Alfonso Vélez Pliego of the Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP) in Mexico.
Her doctoral tesis, “Feminist Explosions. Analysis of the feminist strikes in Madrid (2017-2020)”, has received the Mayte Gallego Award from the UAM Gender Equality Unit and the Joan Francesc Mira Research Award from the Valencian Association of Anthropology (AVA) and the Valencian Museum of Ethnology (L’ETNO).
Projet de recherche
The project investigates the internal divisions affecting contemporary feminist movements in Spain in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a qualitative, ethnographic-based methodology, it seeks to understand how these conflicts have impacted their capacity for mobilization, organization, and social influence.
Following the feminist mobilization cycle (2015–2020), internal tensions—stemming from the accumulation and capitalization of political power—intensified in the post-pandemic period, affecting participation in demonstrations and increasing polarization among different sectors.
The study offers a critical perspective from Madrid, linking local processes to global challenges such as the rise of anti-feminism, punitive shifts, and the fragmentation of feminist movements.
The project's goals are to identify current tensions within feminisms, assess their impact on the emancipatory capacity of these movements, and generate scientific knowledge committed to social transformation.
Sélection de publications
2023. “Feminisms, struggles and social reproduction: the contours of the debate”, Encrucijadas. Journal of Critical Social Sciences, 23(2).
2022. “Feminisms and social reproduction in neoliberal times: the feminist strike and other struggles in the Spanish State”, Antagónica. Journal of Research and Social Criticism, 3(6), pp. 49–67.
2022. Critical knowledge and Social Sciences: a teaching experience in the instruction of Social Anthropology, in D. Cobos, E. López, A. Martín, L. Molina & A. Jaén (Eds.), Educating to transform: Pedagogical innovation, quality and ICT in training contexts, Madrid, Dykinson, pp. 1416–1421.
2021. The Feminist Strike in Madrid. Common feminism revolts in neoliberal times, in G. Betancor & A. Razquin (Eds.), Ten Years Building Citizenship in Movement(s). The 15M and Other Sister Struggles, Barcelona, Bellaterra, pp. 117–127.
2020. Debates on decoloniality from feminist action: the process of the Feminist Strike in the Spanish State, in G. Makaran & P. Gaussens (Eds.), White Skin, Black Masks. Critique of Decolonial Reason, México D.F., Bajo Tierra Ediciones, pp. 271–288.
