MOVING MEMORIES: STORIES OF THE TINA MARTINS SHELTER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE

ABSTRACT This article presents different stories and memories of the Tina Martins Women’s Referral Center. To this end, we moved away from the qualitative studies of history and memory in organizational studies that are based on the historic turn, which aims to go beyond the production of narratives that resort to the past as a tool for reproducing the power relations of the present. A vast amount of material was compiled from observing participants, including a field notebook, event records, and photographs, and individual interviews were recorded and transcribed. The results were organized into two main thematic axes: the first presents the process that led to the Center’s foundation and the political disputes over its space, while the second addresses the meanings present in the group’s everyday life. Given the construction of diversified and procedural historical narratives, this article proposes some critical reflections on the Center’s experience that were discussed with its members, and instigates, via memories, the adoption of the historical approach to organizational studies.

摘要
本文呈现了蒂娜·马丁斯女性转介中心（Tina Martins Women’s Referral Center）的各类故事与记忆。为此，本研究跳出了基于历史转向的组织研究中有关历史与记忆的质性研究框架——此类研究的核心目标是超越以过往为工具复刻当下权力关系的叙事构建。研究团队通过参与式观察收集了大量一手资料，涵盖实地笔记、活动记录与照片，并对所有个体访谈进行了录音与转写。研究结果被整合为两大核心主题轴：其一阐述了该中心的筹建历程及其场地相关的政治争议，其二则聚焦于该群体日常生活中蕴含的意义内涵。鉴于本研究构建了多元且兼具过程性的历史叙事，本文就该中心的运营经验提出了若干批判性反思（反思内容已与中心成员共同研讨），并借由记忆研究推动组织研究领域对历史研究方法的采纳与应用。