FEMINIST METHODOLOGIES: EXPERIMENTS, COLLABORATIONS AND REFLECTIONS

Book Details:

• Author: Wendy Harcourt, Karijn van den Berg, Constance Dupuis, Jacqueline Gaybor

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Language: English

• Edition: 2024

• ISBN: 9783031497605

• Pages: 316

• Cover: Hardcover

About the Book

This open access book delves into feminist methodologies in both theory and practice, emphasizing the experiential and embodied nature of conducting feminist research. It offers valuable tools for understanding feminist research as an ongoing praxis, providing insight into how feminist scholars and activists shape research questions, reflect on positionality, and disseminate research findings beyond academia. The collection reflects a rich process of collective learning, with authors sharing candid reflections on the challenges of generating knowledge at the intersection of academia and activism.

Through a diverse range of perspectives, disciplinary positions, and creative experiments, the book presents a layered analysis of feminist research methodologies. It explores the intersectional nature of knowledge production and how the authors navigate the complex spaces of theory and practice. This book serves as an essential resource for early career researchers and interdisciplinary feminist students, offering accessible and practical methodological tools.

Contents

1. Introduction: Feminism as Method—Navigating Theory and Practice
   By Constance Dupuis, Wendy Harcourt, Jacqueline Gaybor, and Karijn van den Berg

2. Senses of Discomfort: Negotiating Feminist Methods, Theory, and Identity
   By Karijn van den Berg and Leila Rezvani

3. Feminist Ethics Amid Covid-19: Unpacking Assumptions and Reflections on Risk in Research
   By Constance Dupuis

4. Of Apps and the Menstrual Cycle: A Journey into Self-Tracking
   By Jacqueline Gaybor

5. Embodying Cyberspace: Making the Personal Political in Digital Places
   By Wendy Harcourt and Ximena Argüello Calle

6. Mulai Leave—datang Arrive—pulang Return. Working the Field Together: A Feminist Mother–Son Journey in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
   By Martina Padmanabhan

7. Methodologies for Collaborative, Respectful and Caring Research: Conversations with Professional Indigenous Women from Mexico
   By Marina Cadaval Narezo

8. Immersion, Diversion, Subversion: Living a Feminist Methodology
   By C. Sathyamala

9. Embodied Urban Cartographies: Women’s Daily Trajectories on Public Transportation in Guadalajara, Mexico
   By Azucena Gollaz Morán

10. Interconnected Experiences: Embodying Feminist Research with Social Movements
    By Daniela Flores Golfín, Tamara Rusansky, and Fleur Zantvoort

11. Feminist Storytellers Imagining New Stories to Tell
    By Rosa de Nooijer and Lillian Sol Cueva

12. A Fieldwork Story Told Through Knitting
    By Mahardhika Sjamsoe’oed Sadjad

13. Scarheart: Research as Healing
    By Emily R. O’Hara

14. Epilogue: Learning, Unlearning, and Relearning
    By Karijn van den Berg, Constance Dupuis, Jacqueline Gaybor, and Wendy Harcourt

About the Author / Editor

Wendy Harcourt is Professor of Gender, Diversity, and Sustainable Development at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam. She coordinates the WEGO-ITN “Wellbeing, Ecology, Gender, and Community” Innovation Training Network and is the series editor of the Palgrave series on Gender, Development, and Social Change.

Karijn van den Berg holds a Ph.D. in International Politics from Aberystwyth University, UK. She is an independent feminist researcher focused on environmental politics, feminism, and activism.

Constance Dupuis is a Ph.D. researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, with a focus on ageing and intergenerational well-being from decolonial and feminist political ecology perspectives.

Jacqueline Gaybor holds a Ph.D. on body politics from the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam. She is a Senior Technical Advisor at Rutgers and a lecturer at Erasmus University College.