"Jumping the Wall": Negotiated Resistance of Bodies and Borders by Queer Palestinians between the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel

“跳墙”：巴勒斯坦酷儿在约旦河西岸、东耶路撒冷和以色列之间对身体和边界的谈判抵抗

• 批准号: 2726797
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2726797
• 关键词: Jumping; Wall; Negotiated; Resistance; Bodies

Grounded in postcolonial queer and feminist epistemologies, this project is guided by an intersectional approach that emphasises multi-method qualitative data collection. Engaging queer as a methodology and analytical framework deepens our understanding of both settler colonial violence and decolonial politics in Palestine. In queer(y)ing the research, sexuality can be understood through a 'politics of difference', recognising the spectrum of queer experience and identification.Queer methodology can be a 'scavenger methodology' utilising diverse methods, in this case, pairing interviews with walking ethnography, to reach those often excluded from academic research. This research centres on a bottom-up analysis, understanding intimacy, identity and space as subjectively and structurally constructed. This wide range of interviewing can be seen as 'queering the field'. Queer positionality is about future imaginings and a critical space to explore the negotiated resistance of queer Palestinians within a settler-colonial context.The fieldwork will be conducted over two 3-month periods to accommodate visa restrictions with 4 research sites (East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah) chosen for their proximity to the Separation Barrier or to major Israeli checkpoints. Phenomenological data collection will involve semi-structured qualitative interviews alongside walking ethnographies with queer participants across a spectrum of gender identities that will emerge through the research. By walking through spaces with your participant making observations and note-taking, a walking ethnography allows for the researcher to be attentive to the situatedness of everyday life and recognise that narratives and identities are lived within a local space and its history.In selecting participants, I will utilise proximity-based social networking apps (Grindr/Atraf) with profiles in English/Arabic stating their purpose and identifying myself as researcher. Apps are a novel yet effective sampling technique in reaching those that may not be "out". Using apps will allow me to explore the role technology plays in shaping identities and intimacies and to what extent physical borders are reproduced virtually, to assess how they reconfigure 'space and spatial practices'.I identify as queer non-binary and have lived/worked in the WB, but being white British may influence dynamics between researcher/participant, thus during fieldwork and analysis, I will practice 'reflexive positionality' to acknowledge and reflect on my bias, emotions and the power relations at the core of the research process. I will improve my basic Arabic through classes to build rapport and engage with my participants through sensitivity, solidarity and a sense of community. Ensuring the wellbeing of my participants and my own safety, interviews will be conducted in public locations where discussions remain private, chosen by participants to encourage 'deep disclosure'. I will obtain written/verbal consent in Arabic/English and, maintaining confidentiality, will ensure any identifying details are anonymised (using pseudonyms), with data encrypted and held securely on university servers.This interdisciplinary research draws upon a variety of fields including Gender Studies, Human Geography, Ethno-Political and Decolonial Studies to advance decolonial queer modes of knowledge production and enrich our perspective of Palestine/Israel. My project employs a novel sampling technique (via virtual networking apps) and methodology (walking ethnography) in the Palestinian context, which will enable unique insights and analyses. This research complements the work of the Centre for Palestine Studies, producing new knowledge and fostering connections with collectives at Bristol and Exeter. Most importantly, it is intended to be useful to queer Palestinian NGOs by highlighting how spatialised inequalities are produced, experienced and resisted.

该项目以后殖民酷儿和女权主义认识论为基础，受到强调多方法定性数据收集的交叉方法的指导。将酷儿作为一种方法论和分析框架加深了我们对巴勒斯坦定居者殖民暴力和非殖民政治的理解。在这项研究中，可以通过“差异的政治”来理解性行为，认识到酷儿经验和识别的范围。这项研究以自下而上的分析，理解亲密关系，身份和空间为主观和结构构建。这种广泛的采访可以看作是“拼凑的领域”。酷儿的位置是关于未来的想象力和一个关键的空间，探索在定居者殖民地环境中的酷儿巴勒斯坦人的抵抗力量。将在两个3个月的时间内进行实地调查，以适应4个研究地点（East Jereusalem，East Jereusalem，Brethlehem，Bethlehem，Hebreon and Ramallah）的签证限制。现象学数据收集将涉及半结构化的定性访谈，同时人种志与同性恋参与者进行的步行民族志，这些性别认同将通过这项研究而出现。 By walking through spaces with your participant making observations and note-taking, a walking ethnography allows for the researcher to be attentive to the situatedness of everyday life and recognise that narratives and identities are lived within a local space and its history.In selecting participants, I will utilise proximity-based social networking apps (Grindr/Atraf) with profiles in English/Arabic stating their purpose and identifying myself as researcher.应用程序是一种新颖但有效的抽样技术，可以吸引那些可能“淘汰”的采样技术。 Using apps will allow me to explore the role technology plays in shaping identities and intimacies and to what extent physical borders are reproduced virtually, to assess how they reconfigure 'space and spatial practices'.I identify as queer non-binary and have lived/worked in the WB, but being white British may influence dynamics between researcher/participant, thus during fieldwork and analysis, I will practice 'reflexive positionality' to acknowledge and reflect on my研究过程核心的偏见，情感和权力关系。我将通过课堂上的基本阿拉伯语来建立融洽的关系，并通过敏感性，团结和社区意识与参与者互动。为了确保参与者的福祉和我自己的安全，将在公共场所进行讨论，并由参与者选择“深入披露”。 I will obtain written/verbal consent in Arabic/English and, maintaining confidentiality, will ensure any identifying details are anonymised (using pseudonyms), with data encrypted and held securely on university servers.This interdisciplinary research draws upon a variety of fields including Gender Studies, Human Geography, Ethno-Political and Decolonial Studies to advance decolonial queer modes of knowledge production and enrich our perspective of巴勒斯坦/以色列。我的项目采用了一种新颖的抽样技术（通过虚拟网络应用程序）和巴勒斯坦语境中的方法论（步行民族志），这将实现独特的见解和分析。这项研究补充了巴勒斯坦研究中心的工作，创造了新知识并与布里斯托尔和埃克塞特的集体建立联系。最重要的是，它旨在通过强调如何产生，经验和抵抗的空间不平等，对酷儿巴勒斯坦非政府组织有用。