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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Liebe Kolleg*innen, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen aus dem AK für unsere Special Session bei der RSA Annual Conference (6.-9. Mai 2025 in Porto)!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Den Call for Papers und Hinweise zur Einreichung (Frist ist der 19. Dezember) findet ihr unten.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Viele Grüße<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anna, Isabella, Micaela und Susann<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">CfP: Intersectional and Feminist Approaches in Regional Studies: Methodological
Frameworks and Practices</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Special Session (SS32) at
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="https://www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa25/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Regional Studies Association Annual Conference</span></a><span style="color:black">
2025, May 6–9, Porto, Portugal </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Submission deadline: December 19, 2024</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Session Organizers:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Isabella Stingl, Heidelberg University, Germany
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Micaela Lois, University of Bern, Switzerland</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Anna Oechslen, Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space, Germany</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Susann Schäfer, Heidelberg University, Germany</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Session Description:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">This Special Session explores how intersectional and feminist approaches can be implemented in research practice in the
field of Regional Studies.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Regional Studies, as Emma Ormerod (2023) argues, need to engage more deeply with feminist concepts to address issues of
inequality effectively and to open up pathways to alternative, more inclusive futures. A crucial concept in this regard is intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1991), which examines how intersecting categories of difference—such as race, gender, class, and geographic
location—create unique experiences of privilege and marginalization.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary (2020) suggests that Regional Studies can benefit from considering intersectionality, as it allows
researchers to grasp how power relations shape the lives of individuals and communities within a region. This perspective deepens our understanding of how regional transformations—such as changes in the labor market, access to housing and services, or migration—affect
people differently and can reinforce existing inequalities. In this way, examining how intersecting power dynamics shape regional development can guide more inclusive policies that address the diverse needs of individuals and communities.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Intersectionality also informs how knowledge is produced: doing intersectionality implies critically assessing established
methodologies and developing a specifically intersectional research praxis (Collins, 2019). Broadly speaking, an intersectional perspective values diverse voices and promotes participatory and inclusive research methodologies that incorporate the lived experiences
of individuals and communities across different social contexts. Maria Rodó-Zárate (2023), for example, has developed the methodology of Relief Maps as a tool to capture, analyze, and visualize the social, geographical, and emotional dimensions of intersectional
inequalities.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">In this session, we welcome contributions that apply an intersectional perspective to explore various themes within Regional
Studies. Submissions should focus on the methodological implementation of this perspective. We particularly welcome contributions that engage with collaborative and creative research practices—such as feminist interviewing, biographical/life story approaches,
collective storytelling, drawing/mapping exercises, and other participatory approaches. Submissions are not limited to ‘methodological successes’; we also encourage reflections on instances where methodological approaches have not unfolded as expected but
which may nonetheless help to refine and improve future intersectional research practices.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">To submit your abstract
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">(250–300 words), follow the
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="https://lounge.regionalstudies.org/Meetings/Meeting?ID=529"><span style="color:#1155CC">RSA abstract submission online portal
</span></a><span style="color:black">and select “SS32: Intersectional and Feminist Approaches in Regional Studies: Methodological Frameworks and Practices” in the
<b>Gateway field</b>. Abstract submission deadline is <b>December 19, 2024.</b> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">References</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Collins, P.H. (2019).<i> Intersectionality as critical social theory.</i> Durham: Duke University Press.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Crenshaw, K. (1991). Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color”,
<i>Stanford Law Review, 43</i>(6), 1241–1299. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Ormerod, E. (2023). Level with us, regional development is still ‘man shaped’: Feminism, futurity and leadership.
<i>Regional Studies</i>, <i>57</i>(9), 1893–1902. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Rodó-Zárate, M. (2023). Intersectionality and the Spatiality of Emotions in Feminist Research.
<i>The Professional Geographer</i>, <i>75</i>(4), 676–681. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Szary, A.-L. A. (2020). A new research agenda to move beyond (a)gendered regions.
</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Regions & Cohesion</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">,
<i>10</i>(3), 10–29.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Dr. Anna Oechslen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:DE">Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung (IRS)<br>
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