(Re)defining Fieldwork workshop

Zara B, Newcastle University

A two day virtual workshop on the theme of (re)defining fieldwork (Thursday 3rd Feb to Friday 4th Feb 2022)

This is the sign up page for people attending the (re)defining fieldwork workshop (Thursday 3rd Feb to Friday 4th Feb 2022).Thursday 3rd Feb: 09:30am to 15:30pm (GMT)Friday 4th Feb: 09:00am to 16.00pm (GMT)The full schedule and Zoom details will be sent to attendees in advance of the workshop.Fieldwork is a touchstone of geography and often stands in for ‘good’ and ‘rigorous’ research. It is also intimately bound up with resource inequities and socially produced - but materially felt - inequalities. These include gender, class, race, LGBTQ+ identity, disability, illness, parenthood and caring responsibilities, funding and employment status. It arguably plays a role in entrenching the unequal distribution of resources and prestige within and between universities across different geographies, with implications for researchers’ experiences.The all-but-shutdown of in-person activities in March 2020 forced researchers to redesign their fieldwork plans around virtual or, at least, socially distanced spaces. Given that the pandemic, inequitable vaccine rollout and climate crisis call into question the ethics of international travel, there has arguably never been a better time for geographers to rethink fieldwork, and who and what it is for. Does such a conversation require us to (re)define ‘fieldwork’? How can we, given that what and where counts as ‘the field’ hinges on the researcher’s own position? If more geographers admit to feeling ambivalent or negatively towards fieldwork, where does this take ‘us’ as field-based disciplines? To what extent is this linked to questions of failure - do we not enjoy it because we fear ‘failing’ at it? Are we remaining committed to ‘fieldwork’ for the right reasons: for instance, if we do it in order to game metrics, what is at stake politically, epistemologically and ethically?In this two day workshop, that includes speakers, papers and spaces for reflective discussions, we will consider all these questions and more.

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