[News] Call for Contributions | “Feminist research practice in geography: Snapshots, reflections, concepts”

[Klosterkamp, Sarah]

Liebe alle,

die nächste Ausgabe der Feministischen GeoRundmail (Nr.83) beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema “Feminist research practice in geography: Snapshots, reflections, concepts”. Wir freuen wir uns insbesondere über Beiträge, die Lust haben Ein- oder Ausblicke der eigenen Arbeit zu teilen, Fragen von Positionalität, Macht oder Verantwortung zu thematisieren und/oder neue, kreative methodische Wege auszuleuchten und vorzustellen (siehe Anhang).

Willkommen sind neben kurzen (deutsch- oder englischsprachigen) Aufsätzen auch Rezensionen, Literaturübersichten und Hinweisen auf thematisch-passende Veranstaltungen auch Bildmaterialien und/oder künstlerische Beiträge.

Über eine kurze Interessensbekundung bis zum 1. Juli würden wir uns freuen und stehen für weitere Fragen gerne per Mail via alexander.vorbrugg at giub.unibe.ch<mailto:alexander.vorbrugg at giub.unibe.ch> und s.klosterkamp at wwu.de<mailto:s.klosterkamp at wwu.de> zur Verfügung.

Einsendeschluss ist der 15. August 2020.


Mit herzlichen Grüßen,

Alexander und Sarah


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Call for Contributions |  “Feminist research practice in geography: Snapshots, reflections, concepts”

Dear all,

for next issue of Feministische GeoRundmail  (a quarterly electronic newsletter which has grown into a DIY feminist geography journal) we invite short contributions around the topic of feminist research practice in geography. We are looking for interventions, reflection pieces, creative ways to communicate research experiences and conundrums, book reviews, calls for more attention to particular debates, concepts or problems – or any other format you may suggest. Creative writing and visualization are most welcome, but not mandatory.

What motivates us to compile this issue are the many and recurrent conversations on the beauty and rewards, but also the struggles and problems around conducting research in the social sciences. Again and again, these show the importance of upholding exchange on this fundamentally social and political practice. Creating platforms for such exchange is important not least since the stories surrounding the research process often remain invisible in academic texts. It is also important as many of the lively debates and elaborated contributions on questions of power, justice, responsibility, accountability and ethics in feminist geographies, postcolonial studies, participatory action research and other fields yet have to gain full influence on research practice.

Contributions to this issue address the broader question of politics of field-work or personal snapshots or reflections. Topics may include

  *   Surprises in research and the potential of the unforeseen
  *   (Im)Possibilities of navigating risks and contingency   in the research process (e.g. with regard to corona)
  *   Risks for research participants and responsibilities
  *   Positionalities, participation and politics (e.g. who are the ones conducting research, who speaks, who is being represented and how?)
  *   Fieldwork and power (e.g. in studying powerful institutions or working with marginalized groups)
  *   Fundamental tensions and problems (e.g. what are the limits to (self-)reflexivity and individual coping strategies?)
  *   Emerging research styles and methods

The call is open for everyone and we encourage submissions by early career researchers and graduate students. We are happy to provide peer-feedback if asked for. There is no strict word limit, but we suggest 1,500 - 3000 words as a useful target for a standard contribution. Submission deadline is August 15th.

For further questions and indications of interest (till July 1st), please send an e-mail to the issue editorss.klosterkamp at wwu.de<mailto:s.klosterkamp at wwu.de> and alexander.vorbrugg at giub.unibe.ch<mailto:alexander.vorbrugg at giub.unibe.ch>.











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Sarah Klosterkamp
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Institut für Geographie | AG Politische Geographie & Sozialgeographie
Heisenbergstraße 2, R. 346
48149 Münster

https://www.wwu.de/Geographie/mitarbeiter/klosterkamp.shtml
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah_Klosterkamp
eMail: s.klosterkamp at wwu.de
Tel: +49 (0)251 83 300 94


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