Methods, Gender and Hope: A Blueprint for Social Science

Adrienne Evans; Sarah Riley

Methods, Gender and Hope: A Blueprint for Social Science

Faculty Research Centre in Postdigital Cultures

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Abstract

Complexity and difficulty characterize contemporary gender relations, where a contradictory set of discourses, which we identify as ‘postfeminist’, interpret sexism, self-discipline and oppression as forms of empowerment. Over several projects defined by a transdiscipinarity that crosses between and above psychology and media studies, we have organically developed a methodological approach for interrogating this complexity. In this paper, we outline this approach, giving it form and transparency. We start from a Foucauldian-poststructuralist perspective, which we continue to find useful for analyzing meaning making in its wider power relations. But our methodology also draws on Lather’s concept of ‘getting lost’, and an empirical-Deleuzian concept of the assemblage, which also focuses attention on capacities for action. These frameworks free our research to follow threads, interruptions and emerging ‘lines of flight’. The outcome is a critical analysis that enables hope in troubled times.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 18 May 2018
Event	Congress of Qualitative Inquiry - University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Champaign-Urbana, United States Duration: 16 May 2018 → 19 May 2018

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Conference	Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
Country	United States
City	Champaign-Urbana
Period	16/05/18 → 19/05/18

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Evans, A., & Riley, S. (2018). Methods, Gender and Hope: A Blueprint for Social Science. Paper presented at Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign-Urbana, United States.

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