Coming to and being with affect: On the space between theory, method, and the researcher

IF 1.9 2区社会学 Q2 GEOGRAPHY

Emotion Space and Society Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.emospa.2025.101068

Julia Alegre Mouslim , Lea Baro , Eline de Jong

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Abstract

This article examines the intricate relationship between affect theory and qualitative research methodology. Departing from the authors' experiences as doctoral researchers encountering and engaging with affect, the article explores how different trajectories with affect contribute to shaping research processes and outcomes. Rooted in feminist scholarship, the paper adopts a pragmatic approach to affect, delving into practical applications of affect in qualitative research. Drawing on diverse methodological approaches, it showcases how affect can be empirically investigated. Through three case studies, discussing activist encounters, feelings of representation in institutional contexts, and an attentiveness to feelings and emotions in organisational ethnography, the paper illuminates affect's permeation of research design, data collection, and analysis in different ways. Ultimately, the article aims to demystify affect's use in research, advocating for its productive engagement and transformative capacity. By foregrounding affect as both a theoretical lens and a practical tool, the article offers insights into understanding lived experiences, social worlds, and power relations, fostering a relational form of knowledge production.

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带着情感来与存在：论理论、方法与研究者之间的空间

本文探讨了情感理论与定性研究方法论之间错综复杂的关系。从作者作为博士研究人员遇到和参与情感的经历出发，文章探讨了不同的情感轨迹如何有助于塑造研究过程和结果。本文立足于女性主义学术，采用语用的方法研究情感，深入探讨情感在定性研究中的实际应用。利用不同的方法方法，它展示了如何对影响进行实证调查。通过三个案例研究，讨论活动家遭遇，制度背景下的代表性感受，以及对组织民族志中感受和情绪的关注，本文以不同的方式阐明了情感在研究设计，数据收集和分析中的渗透。最终，这篇文章的目的是揭开影响在研究中的应用的神秘面纱，倡导其富有成效的参与和变革能力。通过将情感作为理论视角和实践工具，文章为理解生活经验、社会世界和权力关系提供了见解，培养了一种关系形式的知识生产。

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Emotion Space and Society Multiple-

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3.90

自引率

11.10%

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审稿时长

45 days

期刊介绍： Emotion, Space and Society aims to provide a forum for interdisciplinary debate on theoretically informed research on the emotional intersections between people and places. These aims are broadly conceived to encourage investigations of feelings and affect in various spatial and social contexts, environments and landscapes. Questions of emotion are relevant to several different disciplines, and the editors welcome submissions from across the full spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. The journal editorial and presentational structure and style will demonstrate the richness generated by an interdisciplinary engagement with emotions and affects.