Moving worlds

In exploring ways to speak about perception and feeling within the framework of a deconstructive cultural analysis, the article contributes to a narration of methodologies for research so as to better their capacity for engaging with the more faint or elusive manifestations of the real. The argument...

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Published in:Feminist Theory
Main Author: Markussen, Turid
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2006
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464700106069038
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1464700106069038
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Summary:In exploring ways to speak about perception and feeling within the framework of a deconstructive cultural analysis, the article contributes to a narration of methodologies for research so as to better their capacity for engaging with the more faint or elusive manifestations of the real. The argument is grounded in a view of affective presence as involving a way of apprehending the world. Based on an exploration of affectivity and perception in a research project on prostitution in North Norway, it argues that the body and its affects form a crucial site of intervention in developing transformative methodologies. An intuition that informs my inquiry is that attending to such subtle realities holds great potential for confronting injustice and suffering in transformative ways.