Where Am I in the Picture?

Researcher Positionality in Rural Studies

AvClaudia Mitchell,Katarina Giritli-Nygren

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Positionality and researcher reflexivity – how to account for one’s subject position – remain as challenges for new researchers. But they also remain as challenges for experienced researchers, who are often involved in multiple research projects simultaneously. Where Am I in the Picture? sheds light on the idea of researcher positionality through visual methodologies, particularly in the context of studying rurality in Canada, Sweden, and South Africa.The book is intended for new and experienced researchers seeking to decolonize their own perspectives in research in the social sciences and humanities. It incorporates photographs, drawings, and memory work to highlight the social constructedness of what counts as rural. Drawing together compelling narratives from researchers about their positionality in studying rurality, the book highlights a need for greater attention to "where we are in the picture" more broadly. It suggests that when it comes to the rural, researchers need to rethink the interplay of dominant images, insider and outsider perspectives, and what this interplay means in relation to interpretation. Where Am I in the Picture? presents a new vision of how to take into consideration positionality in research.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-01-18
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:400 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:298
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781487547820

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Claudia Mitchell is a distinguished James McGill professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University and an honorary professor in the School of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.Katarina Giritli-Nygren is a professor of sociology at Mid Sweden University.Relebohile Moletsane is the JL Dube chair in rural education in the School of Education and the pro vice chancellor of social cohesion at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresAcknowledgments1. Where Am I in the Picture? An IntroductionClaudia Mitchell, Relebohile Moletsane, and Katarina Giritli Nygren Section One: Rural Travelscapes2. Travelling in Circles along Roads Less Travelled in Awe of Open SpacesLisa Starr and Claudia Mitchell3. Saskatchewan Song Cycle: Trans Readings of a Land Survey in the Canadian WestLou Sheppard4. Taking to the Woods: Towards Decentralized Research in Protest MovementsAngelika Sjöstedt5. Picturing Transrurality: Connecting Rural People and Places across BordersApril MandronaSection Two: Girlhoods and Rurality as Context6. Picturing Rurality: Towards a Shared Understanding of What It Means to Study Rurality in Two Country ContextsKatja Gillander Gådin and Naydene de Lange7. Drawing Myself into the Picture: What Does It Mean to Be a Rural-Origin Student in an Urban University?Samukelisiwe Khumalo8. "Beyond Getting Something": Reflections on Researching the Closure of a Rural Municipality’s Maternity WardEmelie Larsson9. A Button Thief or a Researcher? Entangled Selves, Positionality, and Knowledge ProductionSara NyhlénSection Three: Positionality and the Rural10. "Hey, Mlungu!": Positionality in Participatory Visual Research in Post-apartheid South AfricaLisa Wiebesiek and Astrid Treffry-Goatley 11. Acting like a Skank: Reflections on a Researcher’s Involvement in the Production of Participatory Visual Research Texts in a Rural AreaKatie MacEntee12. Positioning Girls in Rural Contexts: Then and NowNtomboxolo Yamile13. Positionality at the Centre: Constructing an Epistemological and Methodological Approach for a Western Feminist Doctoral Candidate Conducting Research in the PostcolonialCatherine Vanner14. Going the Distance: Theorizing Forward in the Time of a "Rural Turn"Claudia Mitchell, Katarina Giritli Nygren, and Relebohile Moletsane ContributorsIndex