Voice under scrutiny: feminist methods, anticolonial responses, and new methodological tools

Coddington, K.

doi:10.1080/00330124.2016.1208512

Voice under scrutiny: feminist methods, anticolonial responses, and new methodological tools

Coddington, K.

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K. Coddington

Abstract

“Giving voice” to participants has been an important element of qualitative feminist research projects in geography. In this article, I explore scholarship that has questioned qualitative research's reliance on voice, arguing that implicit connections between voice, authenticity, and empowerment are beginning to be unpacked, particularly by scholars engaged in anticolonial work. I draw on anticolonial scholarship to build on and extend feminist debates centered on voice and participation. Feminist attention to voice must be situated within the colonial frameworks and histories of social science research. Scholarship focused on ongoing settler colonial relationships highlights methods both for cautiously proceeding with and consciously refusing incorporating voice within qualitative research. I draw on anticolonial approaches to frame research decisions, voice, and the ethical and methodological dilemmas of its use.

Citation

Coddington, K. (2017). Voice under scrutiny: feminist methods, anticolonial responses, and new methodological tools. Professional Geographer, 69(2), 314-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2016.1208512

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 25, 2016
Online Publication Date	Aug 30, 2016
Publication Date	Apr 3, 2017
Deposit Date	Jun 10, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Aug 30, 2017
Journal	Professional Geographer
Print ISSN	0033-0124
Electronic ISSN	1467-9272
Publisher	Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	69
Issue	2
Pages	314-320
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2016.1208512

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in The Professional Geographer on 30/08/2016, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00330124.2016.1208512.