Bristol University Press
8 Respectful Relationalities: Researching with Those Who Contest or Have Concerns about Changes in Sexual and Gender Legislation and Cultures
-
Abstract
It has long been established that research spaces are relational. This chapter explores the ways in which research was undertaken to investigate the everyday spatial experiences of those who oppose or are concerned about new gender and sexual landscapes, including those who see marriage as between a man/woman, who are pro-life, gender critical, and/or who contest trans inclusions. It argues that research that seeks to understand polarization and division and to work across difference may be transformative, but must also carefully negotiated. These negotiations and flexibilities are necessary to create respectful relationalities between the researcher and the researched that are open to hearing and understanding complexities, contradictions, and stories. Thus, we argue that respectful relationalities can be formed through forms of feminist engagements with narratives as well as queer methodological approaches that see binaries and ‘sides’ as incongruous, fluid and continually redefined.
Abstract
It has long been established that research spaces are relational. This chapter explores the ways in which research was undertaken to investigate the everyday spatial experiences of those who oppose or are concerned about new gender and sexual landscapes, including those who see marriage as between a man/woman, who are pro-life, gender critical, and/or who contest trans inclusions. It argues that research that seeks to understand polarization and division and to work across difference may be transformative, but must also carefully negotiated. These negotiations and flexibilities are necessary to create respectful relationalities between the researcher and the researched that are open to hearing and understanding complexities, contradictions, and stories. Thus, we argue that respectful relationalities can be formed through forms of feminist engagements with narratives as well as queer methodological approaches that see binaries and ‘sides’ as incongruous, fluid and continually redefined.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of Figures v
- Notes on Contributors vi
- Acknowledgements xi
- Introduction 1
- Evacuation Lost: Activism and Scholarship in a Time of Geopolitical Crisis 15
- Women Weaving Critical Geographies 31
- Critical Geography Collective of Ecuador as Feminist Geography Collective Praxis 55
- Legacies of Black Feminist Activism in the US South 73
- LGBT+ Activism and Morality Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: Understanding the Dynamic Equilibrium in Czechia from a Broader Transnational Perspective 94
- Sexual Harassment and Claiming the Right to Everyday Life 120
- Giving Birth in a ‘Hostile Environment’ 145
- Respectful Relationalities: Researching with Those Who Contest or Have Concerns about Changes in Sexual and Gender Legislation and Cultures 161
- Conclusion 178
- Index 184
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of Figures v
- Notes on Contributors vi
- Acknowledgements xi
- Introduction 1
- Evacuation Lost: Activism and Scholarship in a Time of Geopolitical Crisis 15
- Women Weaving Critical Geographies 31
- Critical Geography Collective of Ecuador as Feminist Geography Collective Praxis 55
- Legacies of Black Feminist Activism in the US South 73
- LGBT+ Activism and Morality Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: Understanding the Dynamic Equilibrium in Czechia from a Broader Transnational Perspective 94
- Sexual Harassment and Claiming the Right to Everyday Life 120
- Giving Birth in a ‘Hostile Environment’ 145
- Respectful Relationalities: Researching with Those Who Contest or Have Concerns about Changes in Sexual and Gender Legislation and Cultures 161
- Conclusion 178
- Index 184
