Community geography for precarious researchers: examining the intricacies of mutually beneficial and co-produced knowledge

Feeling/thinking the archive: Participatory mapping Marronage

“…As a female researcher, I managed my discomfort at the fact that the discussions on the territory were dominated by men, even though women actively participate at the grassroots level in daily spatial practices. Barrett and Bosse (2022) state that navigating the tensions between the community's approaches and the researcher's ideas on inclusivity/diversity involves remembering that, despite our common goals, we are outsiders, and communities are not powerless to decide their own politics.…”

GIScience II: Newness and imminence

“…How then might we attend to the hopeful, radical potential of geospatial technology in ways that proceed with care and mutual support? How, as Barrett and Bosse (2021) write of community geographies, might we ask how this ‘work is mutually beneficial, at what scale, for whom, and when?’…”

Practicing community geography in times of crisis

“…This has been a primary focus of participatory and feminist research, as well as activist scholarship, and these articles build upon that past research. Barrett and Bosse ( 2021 ) offer a set of personal reflections rooted in two community geography case studies situating their own experiences as graduate students and thus precarious researchers. They ask community geographers to consider the ways that power dynamics between precarious researchers within the university and non-academics may question whether universities are by default the dominant institution in a partnership.…”