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SUMMARY:Fieldwork\, Access\, and (Dis)Embodiment: On An Ethic of Not Going
  There - Anna Guasco\, Department of Geography\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20211126T120000Z
DTEND:20211126T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Critiques of fieldwork within and beyond geography abound. In 
 this presentation\, I bring together three key strands of critique -- femi
 nist geographies\, disability justice\, and anti-colonial approaches -- to
  raise questions about place\, place-based research\, embodiment\, travel\
 , and fieldwork. The physical\, embodied experience of fieldwork\, of gett
 ing one's boots muddy or even inhaling dust in the archive\, has long been
  understood as part of one's authority\, legitimacy\, and expertise. I unp
 ack the politics of knowledge embedded in this imaginary through the lens 
 of access/accessibility\, asking\, among other questions: who is imagined 
 to be conducting this fieldwork\, and who is left out of this image? I wil
 l use the term ‘access’ broadly\, acknowledging its many meanings and 
 usages. Troubling standard notions of 'access' in geographical fieldwork a
 nd research travel\, I will work towards asking what an ethic of not going
  'there' might entail. This talk draws on both the methodology chapter of 
 my dissertation and a piece I'm currently writing for Environmental Histor
 y Now.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography
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