40 Digital Methods And Community-Engaged Research
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Jen Bagelman
and Caroline (Carly) Bagelman
Abstract
How do we analyze digital spaces? What methods are appropriate? In part due to ever-evolving digital platforms and geographies the answer to this question is not an easy one. Even more challenging, is the related query: how do geographers intervene into these spaces? In this chapter we suggest feminist political geographers have a lot to offer here. First, we provide an overview of feminist long-standing contributions in this field. We then go on to share our codesigned ‘app-annotations’ as a practical method that geographers – especially students – might experiment with and repurpose in their own studies of digital worlds. We show how these tools can be effectively mobilized collectively and in community-oriented ways. Grounded in praxis, we map out a methodological process that aims to be accessible and low-tech to work in a way that foregrounds affective responses and is responsive to ‘digital divides’ (Sieber, 2006).
Abstract
How do we analyze digital spaces? What methods are appropriate? In part due to ever-evolving digital platforms and geographies the answer to this question is not an easy one. Even more challenging, is the related query: how do geographers intervene into these spaces? In this chapter we suggest feminist political geographers have a lot to offer here. First, we provide an overview of feminist long-standing contributions in this field. We then go on to share our codesigned ‘app-annotations’ as a practical method that geographers – especially students – might experiment with and repurpose in their own studies of digital worlds. We show how these tools can be effectively mobilized collectively and in community-oriented ways. Grounded in praxis, we map out a methodological process that aims to be accessible and low-tech to work in a way that foregrounds affective responses and is responsive to ‘digital divides’ (Sieber, 2006).
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements
- Contents VII
- 1 Introduction 1
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Part I: Foundations
- 2 The Feminist Geography Of Feminist Political Geography 18
- 3 Feminist Geopolitics 33
- 4 Intimate Geopolitics 51
- 5 Nationalism 65
- 6 De/coloniality 77
- 7 Decolonizing Feminist Geopolitics 89
- 8 Trauma 103
- 9 Peace 115
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Part II: Critical Interventions
- 10 Black Futurity 129
- 11 Racial Capitalism 141
- 12 Populism 153
- 13 Electoral Democracy 165
- 14 Crip Geographies 177
- 15 Queer Geographies 189
- 16 Trans Geographies 201
- 17 Cuerpo-Territorio 213
- 18 Geographies Of Technology 227
- 19 More-Than-Human Geographies 239
- 20 Austerity 251
- 21 Labor 263
- 22 Health 275
- 23 Environmental Justice 287
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Part III: Spaces
- 24 Territory 303
- 25 The Nation-State 315
- 26 The Border 329
- 27 Spaces Of Refuge And Asylum 341
- 28 The Body 353
- 29 Home 367
- 30 The Workplace 379
- 31 The City 391
- 32 The Rural 403
- 33 The Ocean 415
- 34 The Ship 427
- 35 Public Transport 439
- 36 Infrastructure 451
- 37 The Prison 461
- 38 Food 475
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Part IV: Methodologies
- 39 Postcolonial Positionality 487
- 40 Digital Methods And Community-Engaged Research 499
- 41 Fieldwork 511
- 42 Ethnography 525
- 43 Creative Political Geography 537
- 44 Mobile Methods 549
- 45 Life Histories 563
- 46 Black Feminist Literary Methods 575
- 47 Historical Approaches 587
- List of Contributors 599
- Index
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements
- Contents VII
- 1 Introduction 1
-
Part I: Foundations
- 2 The Feminist Geography Of Feminist Political Geography 18
- 3 Feminist Geopolitics 33
- 4 Intimate Geopolitics 51
- 5 Nationalism 65
- 6 De/coloniality 77
- 7 Decolonizing Feminist Geopolitics 89
- 8 Trauma 103
- 9 Peace 115
-
Part II: Critical Interventions
- 10 Black Futurity 129
- 11 Racial Capitalism 141
- 12 Populism 153
- 13 Electoral Democracy 165
- 14 Crip Geographies 177
- 15 Queer Geographies 189
- 16 Trans Geographies 201
- 17 Cuerpo-Territorio 213
- 18 Geographies Of Technology 227
- 19 More-Than-Human Geographies 239
- 20 Austerity 251
- 21 Labor 263
- 22 Health 275
- 23 Environmental Justice 287
-
Part III: Spaces
- 24 Territory 303
- 25 The Nation-State 315
- 26 The Border 329
- 27 Spaces Of Refuge And Asylum 341
- 28 The Body 353
- 29 Home 367
- 30 The Workplace 379
- 31 The City 391
- 32 The Rural 403
- 33 The Ocean 415
- 34 The Ship 427
- 35 Public Transport 439
- 36 Infrastructure 451
- 37 The Prison 461
- 38 Food 475
-
Part IV: Methodologies
- 39 Postcolonial Positionality 487
- 40 Digital Methods And Community-Engaged Research 499
- 41 Fieldwork 511
- 42 Ethnography 525
- 43 Creative Political Geography 537
- 44 Mobile Methods 549
- 45 Life Histories 563
- 46 Black Feminist Literary Methods 575
- 47 Historical Approaches 587
- List of Contributors 599
- Index