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Feminist methods are rooted in the politics of representation, problematizing uniform categories of ‘woman,’ ‘Third World woman,’ and ‘feminism’ to understand how gendered relations, racism, and class positioning differently shape subjects’ experiences of space and place (Pulido 1997). Researchers also use feminist methods to address uneven power dynamics between researcher and research subjects, to co-create knowledge rather than extract it from vulnerable populations (Nagar 2006; 2014), and to critically reflect on researcher positioning in the ‘field’ (Faria and Mollett 2016). From the perspective of feminist geographers, the relationship between gendered hierarchies and the production of space provides a critical starting point for examining broader geographical phenomena. This panel seeks to bring together scholars who use feminist research methods to investigate geographical problems at the interconnected scales of the body, home, community, nation, and beyond, asking: how did feminist geography research methods shape research findings? What unexpected results emerged from this research? What benefits and what costs emerged, and for whom? What barriers challenged you as a geography researcher using feminist methods? This panel is designed to interrogate and reflect upon feminist geography methods and to build community among scholars using feminist methods.

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