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40 Digital Methods And Community-Engaged Research

  • Jen Bagelman and Caroline (Carly) Bagelman
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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).

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