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Book SynopsisDrawing on unique visual methods, Where Am I in the Picture? explores researcher positionality in transnational studies of rurality.
Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments 1. Where Am I in the Picture? An Introduction Claudia Mitchell, Relebohile Moletsane, and Katarina Giritli Nygren Section One: Rural Travelscapes 2. Travelling in Circles along Roads Less Travelled in Awe of Open Spaces Lisa Starr and Claudia Mitchell 3. Saskatchewan Song Cycle: Trans Readings of a Land Survey in the Canadian West Lou Sheppard 4. Taking to the Woods: Towards Decentralized Research in Protest Movements Angelika Sjöstedt 5. Picturing Transrurality: Connecting Rural People and Places across Borders April Mandrona Section Two: Girlhoods and Rurality as Context 6. Picturing Rurality: Towards a Shared Understanding of What It Means to Study Rurality in Two Country Contexts Katja Gillander Gådin and Naydene de Lange 7. Drawing Myself into the Picture: What Does It Mean to Be a Rural-Origin Student in an Urban University? Samukelisiwe Khumalo 8. “Beyond Getting Something”: Reflections on Researching the Closure of a Rural Municipality’s Maternity Ward Emelie Larsson 9. A Button Thief or a Researcher? Entangled Selves, Positionality, and Knowledge Production Sara Nyhlén Section Three: Positionality and the Rural 10. “Hey, Mlungu!”: Positionality in Participatory Visual Research in Post-apartheid South Africa Lisa Wiebesiek and Astrid Treffry-Goatley 11. Acting like a Skank: Reflections on a Researcher’s Involvement in the Production of Participatory Visual Research Texts in a Rural Area Katie MacEntee 12. Positioning Girls in Rural Contexts: Then and Now Ntomboxolo Yamile 13. Positionality at the Centre: Constructing an Epistemological and Methodological Approach for a Western Feminist Doctoral Candidate Conducting Research in the Postcolonial Catherine Vanner 14. Going the Distance: Theorizing Forward in the Time of a “Rural Turn” Claudia Mitchell, Katarina Giritli Nygren, and Relebohile Moletsane Contributors Index
