Indigenous Feminism between India and China

Throughout the process of decolonizing and diversifying feminist thought, scholars have drawn upon resources from various religious traditions to challenge the dominance of Euro-centric discourses. At the same time, non-Western societies such as India and China are themselves ethnically, culturally, and religiously diverse with complex issues of power and indigeneities. Our roundtable highlights such indigenous feminisms in Indian and Chinese religions, broadly construed, with an intersectional perspective. The aim of this roundtable is twofold: critically, it strives to decentre Western feminist theories in the study of religions and debunk various types of misrepresentations; and constructively, it seeks to centre marginalised voices through re-reading classical texts and underscoring lived realities, experiences, and endeavours. In doing so, our roundtable provides interregional and transnational dialogues between Indian and Chinese religions to reimagine feminisms with interdisciplinarity, intersectionality, and inclusion.