Generative Spaces: Intimacy, Activism and Teaching Feminist Geographies

Burke, S.; Carr, A.; Casson, H.; Coddington, K.; Colls, R.; Jollans, A.; Jordan, S.; Smith, K.; Taylor, N.; Urquhart, H.

doi:10.1080/0966369x.2017.1335293

Generative Spaces: Intimacy, Activism and Teaching Feminist Geographies

Burke, S.; Carr, A.; Casson, H.; Coddington, K.; Colls, R.; Jollans, A.; Jordan, S.; Smith, K.; Taylor, N.; Urquhart, H.

Authors

S. Burke

A. Carr

H. Casson

K. Coddington

Dr Rachel Colls rachel.colls@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

A. Jollans

S. Jordan

K. Smith

N. Taylor

H. Urquhart

Abstract

In this article, we examine responses to the March on Washington from the vantage point of Durham University, Durham, UK. As members of a course titled ‘Feminist Geographies of Intimacy’, we viewed the March on Washington as a prudent and timely event with which to think ‘on’ and ‘with’ intimacy and also to consider on a more personal level the significance of the March to our own feminism/s, feminist geographies and everyday lives. This piece is a collaborative effort written together by two instructors and eight students. We reflected on how we encountered ‘the March’ in the classroom in order to consider the varied locations and forms of protest; the range of issues that were fought for or fought against; the role of humour and other emotions when expressing dissent and/or solidarity; and the exclusion and inclusion of bodies which did or did not protest. The March for us, therefore, became a ‘generative space’ in that it provided a pedagogic tool with which to explore geographies of intimacy.

Citation

Burke, S., Carr, A., Casson, H., Coddington, K., Colls, R., Jollans, A., …Urquhart, H. (2017). Generative Spaces: Intimacy, Activism and Teaching Feminist Geographies. Gender, Place and Culture, 24(5), 661-673. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369x.2017.1335293

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 19, 2017
Online Publication Date	Jun 5, 2017
Publication Date	Jun 5, 2017
Deposit Date	May 22, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Jun 5, 2018
Journal	Gender, Place and Culture
Print ISSN	0966-369X
Electronic ISSN	1360-0524
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	24
Issue	5
Pages	661-673
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369x.2017.1335293

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Gender, Place & Culture on 05/06/2017, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0966369X.2017.1335293.