Engaging with feminist postcolonial concerns through participatory action research and intersectionality
Journal
Geographica Helvetica
ISSN
0016-7312
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper deals with the challenges of doing fieldwork as a Western researcher in the “Global
South” after the (feminist) postcolonial turn. Debates within developmental geography have addressed the
politics of fieldwork, questions of positionality and collaborative, participatory ways to produce knowledge.
We intend to enter this discussion to find constructive ways of conducting feminist postcolonial research.
Drawing on our own experiences as German researchers and development practitioners in Latin America, we
discuss the potential and limits of two central feminist postcolonial approaches in development research and
practice: participatory (action) research and intersectionality. Our reflections aim to show how development
research and practice may benefit from integrating feminist postcolonial approaches.
South” after the (feminist) postcolonial turn. Debates within developmental geography have addressed the
politics of fieldwork, questions of positionality and collaborative, participatory ways to produce knowledge.
We intend to enter this discussion to find constructive ways of conducting feminist postcolonial research.
Drawing on our own experiences as German researchers and development practitioners in Latin America, we
discuss the potential and limits of two central feminist postcolonial approaches in development research and
practice: participatory (action) research and intersectionality. Our reflections aim to show how development
research and practice may benefit from integrating feminist postcolonial approaches.
Language
English
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Verb. Geographie Schweiz
Volume
67
Number
3
Start page
147
End page
154
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Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
248036
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