Re-visiting vaines: Toward a decolonizing framework for home economics
Mary Gale Smith
What the paper says
Dr Eleanore Vaines, was an influential scholar in the field of home economics whose scholarly writing is known throughout the world and many consider her ahead of her time. While it is difficult to create a succinct rendition of the totality of Dr Vaines' scholarship, it is probably fair to say that from the beginning she set out to articulate a new professional orientation for home economics, one that would transform professional practice. She maintained that we must continue to transform home economics professional practice by: recognizing ecology as a unifying theme; understanding many ways of knowing and spheres of influence; seeking wholistic approaches to everyday life; and exploring the sacred nature of our place in the world. In this paper, I argue that implicitly she was challenging the canons, norms, and cognitive imperialism of settler colonialism and its influence on home economics. I focus on the synergies between Vaines' theorizing and post-colonial studies suggesting the ways her work can inform a decolonizing framework for home economics.
Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.00 × 0.4 = 0.00 |
| M · momentum | 0.20 × 0.15 = 0.03 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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