{"id":33353,"date":"2026-05-27T09:21:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/?p=33353"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:21:41","slug":"janet-siltanen-festschrift-researching-complex-inequalities-issues-practice-and-pedagogy-in-honour-of-janet-siltanen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/2026\/janet-siltanen-festschrift-researching-complex-inequalities-issues-practice-and-pedagogy-in-honour-of-janet-siltanen\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Siltanen Festschrift: Researching Complex Inequalities: Issues, Practice and Pedagogy, In Honour of Janet Siltanen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-7xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Janet Siltanen Festschrift: Researching Complex Inequalities: Issues, Practice and Pedagogy, In Honour of Janet Siltanen\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>By Amanda Wilson and Helin Burkay<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2025\/10\/20250425_121904-768x1024.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re excited to share this new online project, a celebration of Janet Siltanen\u2019s contributions to mentorship and scholarship. Originally conceived of as a festschrift, it has expanded to include a collection of essays, an interview with Janet and an archive of her Design Spine materials.<br>\u00a0<br>As the co-editors write in their introduction\u00a0<em><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">\u201cJanet\u2019s ongoing commitment to praxis and the consistency with which she weaves together theory and practice, not only in her scholarship but in everyday life. We wanted to create a space of reflection and conversation about Janet\u2019s work in feminist political economy and post-positivist methodology, but we also wanted to highlight her approach to mentorship and what we\u2019ve all experienced as her ethics of care.\u201d<\/em><\/em><br><br>Janet retired in 2018 but remains a Professor Emerita in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University, and a valued friend and mentor to many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-3xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-callout cu-callout--center cu-component border-8 md:border-[12px] border-solid border-cu-black-50 px-8 pt-5 pb-6 md:px-16 md:pt-8 md:py-10 rounded-lg cu-prose-first-last\">\n                    <header class=\"cu-pageheader cu-component cu-prose-first-last  cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto\">\n                <h2 id=\"janet-siltanen-festschrift\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] relative cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-1\/2 after:-ml-5 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-4 after:w-8 after:bg-cu-red\">\n                    Janet Siltanen Festschrift\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header>\n        \n        \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/janet-siltanen-festschrift\/\">Visit Page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited to share this new online project, a celebration of Janet Siltanen\u2019s contributions to mentorship and scholarship. 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