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CfP: Royal Geographical Society Conference – Researching Sexed Spaces

Session Title:
“Researching Sexed Spaces: (Re)Imagining the Researcher and (Re)Discovering the ‘Other’ in Understanding Lived Experiences of Exclusion” (Sponsored by the Space, Sexualities & Queer Research Group)

Organisers:
Emily Cooper (Lancaster University) and Gemma Ahearne (Leeds Metropolitan University)

Recent decades have produced a rapid emergence of research in geography surrounding the complex relationship between sexuality, space and society and the centrality of sexuality in the late modern world (Attwood 2006). Of particular relevance – although not exhaustively – have been: the geographies of sex work, LGBT communities, virtual sexed spaces, sex tourism (especially in reaction to large sports events) and lap dancing establishments. The role of space and place in the constitution of sexual identities – and in the control of those considered to be sexually dissident – have been understood by geographers particularly (Hubbard 2008). This dissidence and often subsequent socio-spatial marginalisation especially relates to the challenge of heteronormative ideals and spaces that is ascribed to and by stigmatised sexual identities (Binnie and Valentine 1999; Peterson 2011; Hubbard et al 2013).

It has been acknowledged, therefore, that due to the stigmatised nature of certain sexual identities, it is difficult to access these hidden populations (Shaver 2005) and to provide them with a voice (Hubbard 1999). Recently, however, there has been an increased interest in exploring methods that allow researchers to overcome and challenge the often homogeneous depictions of excluded groups (Binnie and Valentine 1999; Shaver 2005) and to explore the lived experiences of their socio-spatial spheres via the empowerment of the othered population; researching, therefore with participants rather than about them (Desyllass 2013) in the form of participatory methods, ethno-mimesis and other such approaches. This culminates in the co-production of knowledge in research. Exploring inter-disciplinarity – particularly between geography, sociology and the arts – is therefore of particular relevance.

We invite papers from a range of global contexts that explore researching sexed spaces, with a particular interest in methodological and empirical frameworks, but we would welcome a theoretical focus. We also particularly encourage papers from outside of academia, including – but not restricted to – charities, outreach organisations and support groups, in order to encourage the forging of academic/activist/practitioner collaborations.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

– Inter-disciplinarity in researching sexed spaces
– New/adapted methods in understanding the lived experiences of stigma and exclusion
– Ethno-mimesis and performative praxis
– Researching liminal spaces and identities
– The Self/Other dichotomy
– The role of policy/regulation in shaping the geographies of sexed spaces
– Challenges faced in researching sexed spaces and/or marginalised groups
– Managing emotions in fieldwork

Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words to Emily Cooper (e.cooper2@lancs.ac.uk) or Gemma Ahearne (g.ahearne6856@student.leedsmet.ac.uk) by 11th February 2014.

 

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