Overview

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 decolonise 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.

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Author:   Claudia Mitchell ,  Katarina Giritli-Nygren ,  Relebohile Molestane
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781487547820

ISBN 10:   148754782
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   18 January 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgments 1. Where Am I in the Picture? An Introduction Claudia Mitchell, Relebohile Moletsane, and Katarina Giritli Nygren Section One: Rural Travelscapes 2. Travelling in Circles along Roads Less Travelled in Awe of Open Spaces Lisa Starr and Claudia Mitchell 3. Saskatchewan Song Cycle: Trans Readings of a Land Survey in the Canadian West Lou Sheppard 4. Taking to the Woods: Towards Decentralized Research in Protest Movements Angelika Sjöstedt 5. Picturing Transrurality: Connecting Rural People and Places across Borders April Mandrona Section Two: Girlhoods and Rurality as Context 6. Picturing Rurality: Towards a Shared Understanding of What It Means to Study Rurality in Two Country Contexts Katja Gillander Gådin and Naydene de Lange 7. Drawing Myself into the Picture: What Does It Mean to Be a Rural-Origin Student in an Urban University? Samukelisiwe Khumalo 8. “Beyond Getting Something”: Reflections on Researching the Closure of a Rural Municipality’s Maternity Ward Emelie Larsson 9. A Button Thief or a Researcher? Entangled Selves, Positionality, and Knowledge Production Sara Nyhlén Section Three: Positionality and the Rural 10. “Hey, Mlungu!”: Positionality in Participatory Visual Research in Post-apartheid South Africa Lisa 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 Area Katie MacEntee 12. Positioning Girls in Rural Contexts: Then and Now Ntomboxolo Yamile 13. Positionality at the Centre: Constructing an Epistemological and Methodological Approach for a Western Feminist Doctoral Candidate Conducting Research in the Postcolonial Catherine Vanner 14. Going the Distance: Theorizing Forward in the Time of a “Rural Turn” Claudia Mitchell, Katarina Giritli Nygren, and Relebohile Moletsane   Contributors Index

Reviews

"""This bold and intriguing book considers the vital question of a researcher's own situation, as raised by women exploring issues of gender-based violence in South Africa, Sweden, and Canada. In thirteen diverse and lively chapters, lavishly illustrated by photographs whose guiding assumptions are also put under the microscope, this collection raises questions that are simultaneously profoundly personal and productively rigorous. In its pages, internationally based academics undertake to explore and better understand their own role in collecting, analysing, and presenting rich data about rural women in three very different societies. The book is compelling in terms of its warm personal voices, and also in terms of its attentive and scrupulous scholarship."" - Margaret Mackey, Professor Emerita, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta ""This feminist work on rurality and girlhood is a welcome and timely addition to the literature. It not only disrupts dominant narratives of girlhood and rurality but also shows how researchers' positionalities profoundly shape their nuanced understanding of their work. There is no doubt that visual methodologies, skilfully and creatively employed as central to the book, generate a formidable transnational ecology of knowledge. Highly recommended!!"" - Ronelle Carolissen, Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology, Stellenbosch University"

"""This feminist work on rurality and girlhood is a welcome and timely addition to the literature. It not only disrupts dominant narratives of girlhood and rurality but also shows how researchers' positionalities profoundly shape their nuanced understanding of their work. There is no doubt that visual methodologies, skilfully and creatively employed as central to the book, generate a formidable transnational ecology of knowledge. Highly recommended!!""--Ronelle Carolissen, Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology, Stellenbosch University ""This bold and intriguing book considers the vital question of a researcher's own situation, as raised by women exploring issues of gender-based violence in South Africa, Sweden, and Canada. In thirteen diverse and lively chapters, lavishly illustrated by photographs whose guiding assumptions are also put under the microscope, this collection raises questions that are simultaneously profoundly personal and productively rigorous. In its pages, internationally based academics undertake to explore and better understand their own role in collecting, analysing, and presenting rich data about rural women in three very different societies. The book is compelling in terms of its warm personal voices, and also in terms of its attentive and scrupulous scholarship.""--Margaret Mackey, Professor Emerita, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta"

Author Information

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.

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