Dr. Rebecca Hall

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Rebecca Hall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Development Studies at Queen's University. Her research primarily focuses on feminist political economy, social reproduction, and Indigenous resurgence. She investigates how global capital draws upon gendered, racialized, and colonial structures in processes of dispossession and exploitation. Hall's work highlights local spaces of feminist, anti-racist, and decolonizing resistance to global capital pressures. She has worked extensively with Indigenous communities, examining the daily intergenerational work essential for maintaining and reproducing people and households. Her recent book, 'Refracted Economies: Diamond Mining Social Reproduction North', explores the impact of diamond mining on Indigenous women's labor in the Northwest Territories and has received several accolades, including the 2022 International Studies Association Global Development Studies Book Award. Her research also delves into the intersections of social reproduction and gender-based violence, focusing on how economic structures enable such violence. Hall is actively recruiting graduate students for her current project, 'Futures Care', which looks at the aspirations of Indigenous South African communities affected by mining.

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