ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book aims to contribute to the theoretical strand of situated knowledges by means of the approach of situated politics and politically situated on at least three levels: by examining the Mexican midwives’ intersectionally, with particular emphasis on contextual and relational aspects at multiscale levels; by analyzing the various midwiferies as dimensions of a diverse profession, including through use of genealogical and historical perspectives; and by discussing political situatedness as a means of constructing spaces and knowledges. In fact, analyzing Mexican midwives and midwiferies in the frame of situatedness has also prompted us to rethink their very situatedness as a politics of location, or positioning. The latter is often related to the fields of anthropology and ethnography as a way of plunging oneself deeply into a context as a researcher: a culture, a community, a language, a literature.
