Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 231-245 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Cultural Geographies |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Beyond here, beyond now, beyond human: Reflecting on ghostly presences in field research. / EDWARDS, Amanda.
In: Cultural Geographies, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2017, p. 231-245.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond here, beyond now, beyond human: Reflecting on ghostly presences in field research
AU - EDWARDS, Amanda
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The research encounter can be understood as an interaction between an individuated researcher positioned inside or outside a community or culture, a more fluid researcher testing and sometimes crossing the permeable boundaries of a shifting community, or a brief, fragile entanglement of dynamic trajectories. Within this last, relational approach, previous work identifies the agency of multiple past and present human social relationships in the co-construction of the research story, however, there has been limited reflection on (bio)physical, geographical, artefactual and other more-than-human entanglements. In this article, I use a creative, non-fiction approach to describe the processes, and challenges, involved in developing a dynamic, relational understanding of research encounters through an exploration of how (bio)physical, geographical, artefactual and other presences interact with ghostly geographies, histories and imaginaries in persons and places to influence the generation and analysis of research data.
AB - The research encounter can be understood as an interaction between an individuated researcher positioned inside or outside a community or culture, a more fluid researcher testing and sometimes crossing the permeable boundaries of a shifting community, or a brief, fragile entanglement of dynamic trajectories. Within this last, relational approach, previous work identifies the agency of multiple past and present human social relationships in the co-construction of the research story, however, there has been limited reflection on (bio)physical, geographical, artefactual and other more-than-human entanglements. In this article, I use a creative, non-fiction approach to describe the processes, and challenges, involved in developing a dynamic, relational understanding of research encounters through an exploration of how (bio)physical, geographical, artefactual and other presences interact with ghostly geographies, histories and imaginaries in persons and places to influence the generation and analysis of research data.
KW - Creative non-fiction
KW - Field research
KW - Ghosts
KW - Reflexivity
KW - Relational
KW - Subjectivity
KW - field research
KW - subjectivity
KW - ghosts
KW - creative non-fiction
KW - relational
KW - reflexivity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85033410121&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1474474016673062
DO - 10.1177/1474474016673062
M3 - Article
VL - 24
SP - 231
EP - 245
JO - Ecumene
JF - Ecumene
SN - 1474-4740
IS - 2
ER -