Mélodine Sommier
Biographic Data
| ID | 668584 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mélodine Sommier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mélodine |
| FAMILY NAME | Sommier |
| SIGNATURE | SOMMIER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jyväskylä |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5398-5320 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Moving Towards (More-Than-)Human Solidarities and Sustainable Futures: On the Critical Urgency of the Ecological Turn in Intercultural Communication
This special issue brings together ten pieces that illustrate the state and scope of the Ecological Turn in intercultural communication today, while also pointing to future avenues for research. In this introduction, we emphasize the importance of carving spaces of creativity and resistance within and beyond academia as knowledges and solutions for sustainable futures cannot stem from euro-western-centric and anthropocentric frameworks. We conclu…
Navigating the city, negotiating whiteness: White women’s experiences in and perceptions of Bordeaux (France)
This study examines the (re)production of whiteness in the city of Bordeaux (France). Fifteen locals who identified as white women were interviewed in Spring 2023. Critical discourse analysis and literature on whiteness and white space were used to identify the discursive strategies and resources used by the participants to make sense of space through whiteness and vice-versa. The findings reveal the range of discourses the participants drew on t…
Walking to See: Exploring the Spatiality of Race and One’s Positionality Through Datawalks
This article discusses how datawalks, a method of mobility that provides information about oneself in relation to space and others, can be used to research race through one’s embodied experience in space. Datawalks have often been used to explore experiences of minoritized rather than dominant groups and as a collaborative research-participant experience rather than a self-ethnographic endeavor. This article tackles these gaps by showing how data…
The spatiality of racial load: Navigating spaces (of whiteness) in Bordeaux (France)
This study examines the (re)production of race and racism in the city of Bordeaux (France) as perceived by fifteen women who have experienced racialization processes positioning them outside of whiteness. Informed by intersectional and postcolonial feminist scholarship, this study sheds light on the nuances, complexities and historicity of the participants’ daily urban experiences. A focus on race and space is particularly useful in race-evasive …
(Re)Defining Intercultural Communication Theorizing: Mapping the Current Landscape of the Field
This two-part special issue of the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research addresses the state of past, present, and future theorizing in intercultural communication scholarship. Articles in this issue touch on one or more of the following themes: engaging in theorizing, not theory; acknowledging identities and voices at the margins; questioning and resisting colonial legacies; prioritizing praxis and social engagement; and humanizing int…
Looking Ahead: Charting New Horizons in Intercultural Communication Theorizing
We continue to explore current trends and future research directions in the second part of this special issue of the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. Touching on the same five themes as the first part—engaging in theorizing, not theory; acknowledging identities and voices at the margins; questioning and resisting colonial legacies; prioritizing praxis and social engagement; and humanizing intercultural communication—we present fiv…
The Destitute Working Class and the Rule-Abiding Citizen: The Contestation of Populist Tropes in the Gilets Jaunes Movement
This paper examines the discursive articulation and contestation of populist tropes for social movements. Where existing scholarship has regarded populism as a master frame for social movement mobilization, this paper foregrounds the precarity of “the people” in the case of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) in France. To answer the question of how social and political actors (re)produce and challenge meanings about “the people,” we performed a dis…
From studio to screen: The production processes of Polish televised football and discursive (re)constructions of race/ethnicity
In this study, we shed light on the relationship between the production processes in televised football in Poland and representations of race/ethnicity. Previous research has extensively explored representations of race/ethnicity in mediated sports texts, but there remains a gap in understanding the production processes and their connection to these representations, particularly in contexts beyond the Anglosphere. In order to address this gap, in…
Race, racism and coloniality in Bordeaux: Perceptions and experiences of 15 local women racialized as non-white
This study focuses on the city of Bordeaux, a city mostly known today for its wine industry but with a strong colonial legacy as it was the second main slave trade harbor in France. Thus, Bordeaux illustrates the erasure of race, racism and coloniality in race-evasive and so-called post-racial French and European (urban and discursive) spaces. Based on in-depth interviews with 15 women racialized as non-white and living in Bordeaux, this article …
Meanings given to race/ethnicity in everyday football talk by young adult Polish audiences: A reception study
A wide body of research has focused on representations of race/ethnicity in sport media content, because of its central location in popular culture. These studies found that sport media content serves as a site where hegemonic and reductive discourses surrounding racial/ethnic identities are habitually reproduced. So far, these studies have predominantly been textual analyses. Studies that take into account the polysemic readings of media content…
Talking football: Discourses about race/ethnicity among Spanish youth
It is commonly accepted that sports media and televised football in particular are sites where ideas about race/ethnicity are (re)produced. However, less is known about how audiences deal with these messages: do they assume these ideas are true or do they negotiate them and if so, how? Using cultural studies as our theoretical framework, we conducted 14 focus groups among Spanish youth and asked them to reflect on ideas about race/ethnicity while…
Race et espace: La ville comme lieu d’étude des représentations raciales
Race et espace: La ville comme lieu d’étude des représentations raciales
Cette étude examine les « paysages raciaux » dans le centre-ville de Bordeaux, c'est-à-dire la façon dont les discours sur la race et le racisme se matérialisent au quotidien. Les paysages raciaux rendent compte de la nature contradictoire des discours sur la race et le racisme en Europe, et en France, qui sont à la fois omniprésents et dissimulés. Analyser le centre-ville de Bordeaux permet d’appréhender la manière dont les discours locaux et na…
Sustainability education at higher education institutions: Pedagogies and students’ competences
Purpose This study aims to examine whether the development of students’ sustainability competences is dependent on how courses are delivered at higher education institutions (HEIs). It further investigates to what extent such competences can affect students’ belief in the new environmental paradigm (NEP) and pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). Design/methodology/approach The data was collected through an online survey conducted in 2021 among the …
Transformative, interdisciplinary and intercultural learning for developing HEI students’ sustainability-oriented competences: A case study
The literature has produced relevant theoretical insights into pedagogical frameworks, tools and competences that would be best suited to teach sustainability at higher education (HE). This article contributes to such a discussion using a course on sustainability developed by us as a case study. Two research questions are tackled in this article: (1) How to empower students to address urban sustainability challenges through the inclusion of trans…
From ivory tower to social arena: Critical approaches to cultural identity in the public sphere
International audience
A baby bump for women’s rights”: Analysing Local and International Media Coverage of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Pregnancy
Very few studies have examined discourses about Heads of State who have been pregnant whilst in office. In January 2018, Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand, announced her pregnancy and intention of taking six weeks of maternity leave, which sparked national and international interest. This study analyses the coverage of Ardern’s pregnancy and contributes to literature on representations of female politicians. A thematic analys…
Exploring teachers’ perceptions and practices of intercultural education in an international school
This article examines teachers’ perceptions and experiences of intercultural education. The participants (n = 11) were teachers who work in the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of an International Baccalaureate (IB) school in the Netherlands. The school was chosen as the context for this study due to the emphasis on intercultural understanding in IB education. The data were collected through a closed and open-ended survey in 2019 and complemented by…
How Else are you supposed to dress up like a Black Guy: Negotiating accusations of Blackface in online newspaper comments
This study examines how individuals talk about race and racism, and the resonance of their discourses with existing narratives. For this purpose, this article investigates users’ comments (N = 887) on four newspaper articles from the US and France about Antoine Griezmann's Blackface in December 2017. A thematic analysis revealed (i) the vast majority of users shared similar views of racism by emphasizing individual agency over structural and hist…
Insights into the construction of cultural realities: Foreign newspaper discourses about the burkini ban in France
The burkini ban introduced by several French coastal cities in August 2016 caused a great stir in France and abroad. Discussions were mostly articulated around the topics of secularism, religion, and national identity and values. This study examines foreign perspectives on the burkini ban in France to gain insights into the construction of cultural realities. Informed by Cultural Studies and Critical intercultural communication, this study approa…
Culture’ as a discursive resource in newspaper articles from Le Monde about secularism: Constructing ‘us’ through strategic oppositions with religion
Building on research highlighting the complex webs of relations between secularism, culture, and religion, this study investigates how the concept of culture was utilized in discourses of laïcité from the newspaper le Monde. Articles (N = 76) published between 2011 and 2014 were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results revealed the agency associated with the use of culture as it was strategically – rather than systematically – used in…
Viewing CLIL through the eyes of former pupils: Insights into foreign language and intercultural attitudes
This article examines the long-term effects of CLIL on former pupils’ foreign language and intercultural attitudes. The 24 participants, who received English-medium CLIL for nine years in the 1990s, were interviewed and the data analyzed using thematic analysis. The participants generally felt that CLIL had had a very positive effect on their target language attitudes. However, many considered that CLIL had affected negatively on their attitudes …
Memories as a discursive strategy: Exploring representations of laïcité and Frenchness in Le Monde
Laïcité (i.e. secularism) has been increasingly and widely represented as a French exception. This study investigates such association by examining the cultural reality in which laïcité is embedded through the use of collective memories. Drawing on critical intercultural communication and aspects of a Foucauldian approach to discourse, this study explores collective memories that are associated with the concept of laïcité and how they contribute …
Representations of individuals in discourses oflaïcitéfromLe Monde: Confirming or Challenging the Republican Framework of Identity
In recent decades, the notions of laïcité and identity have been subjects of controversy in France. The two concepts have become sufficiently co-associated since the 1990s to ensure each almost systematically entails the other. Findings from previous studies have pointed out harmful implications of this pervasive association for minorities in France, especially Muslims. This study examines further the ways laïcité and identity are interwoven by e…
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Communication Apprehension A Comparison of Three European Nations
Data from England, Finland, and Germany were used to explore national differences in communication apprehension (CA). Based on the traditions of oral communication training in each nation, and the history of cross-cultural comparisons in CA, it was proposed that national differences would emerge. English participants scored lower than Finnish and German participants on totalCA, publicCA, dyadicCA, and meetingCA; Finnish participants scored higher…
Exploring teachers’ perceptions and practices of intercultural education in an international school
This article examines teachers’ perceptions and experiences of intercultural education. The participants (n = 11) were teachers who work in the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of an International Baccalaureate (IB) school in the Netherlands. The school was chosen as the context for this study due to the emphasis on intercultural understanding in IB education. The data were collected through a closed and open-ended survey in 2019 and complemented by…
How Else are you supposed to dress up like a Black Guy: Negotiating accusations of Blackface in online newspaper comments
This study examines how individuals talk about race and racism, and the resonance of their discourses with existing narratives. For this purpose, this article investigates users’ comments (N = 887) on four newspaper articles from the US and France about Antoine Griezmann's Blackface in December 2017. A thematic analysis revealed (i) the vast majority of users shared similar views of racism by emphasizing individual agency over structural and hist…
Insights into the construction of cultural realities: Foreign newspaper discourses about the burkini ban in France
The burkini ban introduced by several French coastal cities in August 2016 caused a great stir in France and abroad. Discussions were mostly articulated around the topics of secularism, religion, and national identity and values. This study examines foreign perspectives on the burkini ban in France to gain insights into the construction of cultural realities. Informed by Cultural Studies and Critical intercultural communication, this study approa…
Meanings given to race/ethnicity in everyday football talk by young adult Polish audiences: A reception study
A wide body of research has focused on representations of race/ethnicity in sport media content, because of its central location in popular culture. These studies found that sport media content serves as a site where hegemonic and reductive discourses surrounding racial/ethnic identities are habitually reproduced. So far, these studies have predominantly been textual analyses. Studies that take into account the polysemic readings of media content…
Viewing CLIL through the eyes of former pupils: Insights into foreign language and intercultural attitudes
This article examines the long-term effects of CLIL on former pupils’ foreign language and intercultural attitudes. The 24 participants, who received English-medium CLIL for nine years in the 1990s, were interviewed and the data analyzed using thematic analysis. The participants generally felt that CLIL had had a very positive effect on their target language attitudes. However, many considered that CLIL had affected negatively on their attitudes …
Representations of individuals in discourses oflaïcitéfromLe Monde: Confirming or Challenging the Republican Framework of Identity
In recent decades, the notions of laïcité and identity have been subjects of controversy in France. The two concepts have become sufficiently co-associated since the 1990s to ensure each almost systematically entails the other. Findings from previous studies have pointed out harmful implications of this pervasive association for minorities in France, especially Muslims. This study examines further the ways laïcité and identity are interwoven by e…
From studio to screen: The production processes of Polish televised football and discursive (re)constructions of race/ethnicity
In this study, we shed light on the relationship between the production processes in televised football in Poland and representations of race/ethnicity. Previous research has extensively explored representations of race/ethnicity in mediated sports texts, but there remains a gap in understanding the production processes and their connection to these representations, particularly in contexts beyond the Anglosphere. In order to address this gap, in…
A baby bump for women’s rights”: Analysing Local and International Media Coverage of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Pregnancy
Very few studies have examined discourses about Heads of State who have been pregnant whilst in office. In January 2018, Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand, announced her pregnancy and intention of taking six weeks of maternity leave, which sparked national and international interest. This study analyses the coverage of Ardern’s pregnancy and contributes to literature on representations of female politicians. A thematic analys…
Culture’ as a discursive resource in newspaper articles from Le Monde about secularism: Constructing ‘us’ through strategic oppositions with religion
Building on research highlighting the complex webs of relations between secularism, culture, and religion, this study investigates how the concept of culture was utilized in discourses of laïcité from the newspaper le Monde. Articles (N = 76) published between 2011 and 2014 were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results revealed the agency associated with the use of culture as it was strategically – rather than systematically – used in…
The spatiality of racial load: Navigating spaces (of whiteness) in Bordeaux (France)
This study examines the (re)production of race and racism in the city of Bordeaux (France) as perceived by fifteen women who have experienced racialization processes positioning them outside of whiteness. Informed by intersectional and postcolonial feminist scholarship, this study sheds light on the nuances, complexities and historicity of the participants’ daily urban experiences. A focus on race and space is particularly useful in race-evasive …
Race, racism and coloniality in Bordeaux: Perceptions and experiences of 15 local women racialized as non-white
This study focuses on the city of Bordeaux, a city mostly known today for its wine industry but with a strong colonial legacy as it was the second main slave trade harbor in France. Thus, Bordeaux illustrates the erasure of race, racism and coloniality in race-evasive and so-called post-racial French and European (urban and discursive) spaces. Based on in-depth interviews with 15 women racialized as non-white and living in Bordeaux, this article …
Talking football: Discourses about race/ethnicity among Spanish youth
It is commonly accepted that sports media and televised football in particular are sites where ideas about race/ethnicity are (re)produced. However, less is known about how audiences deal with these messages: do they assume these ideas are true or do they negotiate them and if so, how? Using cultural studies as our theoretical framework, we conducted 14 focus groups among Spanish youth and asked them to reflect on ideas about race/ethnicity while…
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Communication Apprehension A Comparison of Three European Nations
Data from England, Finland, and Germany were used to explore national differences in communication apprehension (CA). Based on the traditions of oral communication training in each nation, and the history of cross-cultural comparisons in CA, it was proposed that national differences would emerge. English participants scored lower than Finnish and German participants on totalCA, publicCA, dyadicCA, and meetingCA; Finnish participants scored higher…
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Communication Apprehension A Comparison of Three European Nations
Data from England, Finland, and Germany were used to explore national differences in communication apprehension (CA). Based on the traditions of oral communication training in each nation, and the history of cross-cultural comparisons in CA, it was proposed that national differences would emerge. English participants scored lower than Finnish and German participants on totalCA, publicCA, dyadicCA, and meetingCA; Finnish participants scored higher…
Memories as a discursive strategy: Exploring representations of laïcité and Frenchness in Le Monde
Laïcité (i.e. secularism) has been increasingly and widely represented as a French exception. This study investigates such association by examining the cultural reality in which laïcité is embedded through the use of collective memories. Drawing on critical intercultural communication and aspects of a Foucauldian approach to discourse, this study explores collective memories that are associated with the concept of laïcité and how they contribute …
Representations of individuals in discourses oflaïcitéfromLe Monde: Confirming or Challenging the Republican Framework of Identity
In recent decades, the notions of laïcité and identity have been subjects of controversy in France. The two concepts have become sufficiently co-associated since the 1990s to ensure each almost systematically entails the other. Findings from previous studies have pointed out harmful implications of this pervasive association for minorities in France, especially Muslims. This study examines further the ways laïcité and identity are interwoven by e…
Culture’ as a discursive resource in newspaper articles from Le Monde about secularism: Constructing ‘us’ through strategic oppositions with religion
Building on research highlighting the complex webs of relations between secularism, culture, and religion, this study investigates how the concept of culture was utilized in discourses of laïcité from the newspaper le Monde. Articles (N = 76) published between 2011 and 2014 were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results revealed the agency associated with the use of culture as it was strategically – rather than systematically – used in…
Viewing CLIL through the eyes of former pupils: Insights into foreign language and intercultural attitudes
This article examines the long-term effects of CLIL on former pupils’ foreign language and intercultural attitudes. The 24 participants, who received English-medium CLIL for nine years in the 1990s, were interviewed and the data analyzed using thematic analysis. The participants generally felt that CLIL had had a very positive effect on their target language attitudes. However, many considered that CLIL had affected negatively on their attitudes …
How Else are you supposed to dress up like a Black Guy: Negotiating accusations of Blackface in online newspaper comments
This study examines how individuals talk about race and racism, and the resonance of their discourses with existing narratives. For this purpose, this article investigates users’ comments (N = 887) on four newspaper articles from the US and France about Antoine Griezmann's Blackface in December 2017. A thematic analysis revealed (i) the vast majority of users shared similar views of racism by emphasizing individual agency over structural and hist…
Insights into the construction of cultural realities: Foreign newspaper discourses about the burkini ban in France
The burkini ban introduced by several French coastal cities in August 2016 caused a great stir in France and abroad. Discussions were mostly articulated around the topics of secularism, religion, and national identity and values. This study examines foreign perspectives on the burkini ban in France to gain insights into the construction of cultural realities. Informed by Cultural Studies and Critical intercultural communication, this study approa…
From ivory tower to social arena: Critical approaches to cultural identity in the public sphere
International audience
A baby bump for women’s rights”: Analysing Local and International Media Coverage of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Pregnancy
Very few studies have examined discourses about Heads of State who have been pregnant whilst in office. In January 2018, Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand, announced her pregnancy and intention of taking six weeks of maternity leave, which sparked national and international interest. This study analyses the coverage of Ardern’s pregnancy and contributes to literature on representations of female politicians. A thematic analys…
Exploring teachers’ perceptions and practices of intercultural education in an international school
This article examines teachers’ perceptions and experiences of intercultural education. The participants (n = 11) were teachers who work in the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of an International Baccalaureate (IB) school in the Netherlands. The school was chosen as the context for this study due to the emphasis on intercultural understanding in IB education. The data were collected through a closed and open-ended survey in 2019 and complemented by…
Race et espace: La ville comme lieu d’étude des représentations raciales
Race et espace: La ville comme lieu d’étude des représentations raciales
Cette étude examine les « paysages raciaux » dans le centre-ville de Bordeaux, c'est-à-dire la façon dont les discours sur la race et le racisme se matérialisent au quotidien. Les paysages raciaux rendent compte de la nature contradictoire des discours sur la race et le racisme en Europe, et en France, qui sont à la fois omniprésents et dissimulés. Analyser le centre-ville de Bordeaux permet d’appréhender la manière dont les discours locaux et na…
Sustainability education at higher education institutions: Pedagogies and students’ competences
Purpose This study aims to examine whether the development of students’ sustainability competences is dependent on how courses are delivered at higher education institutions (HEIs). It further investigates to what extent such competences can affect students’ belief in the new environmental paradigm (NEP) and pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). Design/methodology/approach The data was collected through an online survey conducted in 2021 among the …
Transformative, interdisciplinary and intercultural learning for developing HEI students’ sustainability-oriented competences: A case study
The literature has produced relevant theoretical insights into pedagogical frameworks, tools and competences that would be best suited to teach sustainability at higher education (HE). This article contributes to such a discussion using a course on sustainability developed by us as a case study. Two research questions are tackled in this article: (1) How to empower students to address urban sustainability challenges through the inclusion of trans…
Meanings given to race/ethnicity in everyday football talk by young adult Polish audiences: A reception study
A wide body of research has focused on representations of race/ethnicity in sport media content, because of its central location in popular culture. These studies found that sport media content serves as a site where hegemonic and reductive discourses surrounding racial/ethnic identities are habitually reproduced. So far, these studies have predominantly been textual analyses. Studies that take into account the polysemic readings of media content…
Talking football: Discourses about race/ethnicity among Spanish youth
It is commonly accepted that sports media and televised football in particular are sites where ideas about race/ethnicity are (re)produced. However, less is known about how audiences deal with these messages: do they assume these ideas are true or do they negotiate them and if so, how? Using cultural studies as our theoretical framework, we conducted 14 focus groups among Spanish youth and asked them to reflect on ideas about race/ethnicity while…
From studio to screen: The production processes of Polish televised football and discursive (re)constructions of race/ethnicity
In this study, we shed light on the relationship between the production processes in televised football in Poland and representations of race/ethnicity. Previous research has extensively explored representations of race/ethnicity in mediated sports texts, but there remains a gap in understanding the production processes and their connection to these representations, particularly in contexts beyond the Anglosphere. In order to address this gap, in…
Race, racism and coloniality in Bordeaux: Perceptions and experiences of 15 local women racialized as non-white
This study focuses on the city of Bordeaux, a city mostly known today for its wine industry but with a strong colonial legacy as it was the second main slave trade harbor in France. Thus, Bordeaux illustrates the erasure of race, racism and coloniality in race-evasive and so-called post-racial French and European (urban and discursive) spaces. Based on in-depth interviews with 15 women racialized as non-white and living in Bordeaux, this article …
(Re)Defining Intercultural Communication Theorizing: Mapping the Current Landscape of the Field
This two-part special issue of the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research addresses the state of past, present, and future theorizing in intercultural communication scholarship. Articles in this issue touch on one or more of the following themes: engaging in theorizing, not theory; acknowledging identities and voices at the margins; questioning and resisting colonial legacies; prioritizing praxis and social engagement; and humanizing int…
Looking Ahead: Charting New Horizons in Intercultural Communication Theorizing
We continue to explore current trends and future research directions in the second part of this special issue of the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. Touching on the same five themes as the first part—engaging in theorizing, not theory; acknowledging identities and voices at the margins; questioning and resisting colonial legacies; prioritizing praxis and social engagement; and humanizing intercultural communication—we present fiv…
The Destitute Working Class and the Rule-Abiding Citizen: The Contestation of Populist Tropes in the Gilets Jaunes Movement
This paper examines the discursive articulation and contestation of populist tropes for social movements. Where existing scholarship has regarded populism as a master frame for social movement mobilization, this paper foregrounds the precarity of “the people” in the case of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) in France. To answer the question of how social and political actors (re)produce and challenge meanings about “the people,” we performed a dis…
Moving Towards (More-Than-)Human Solidarities and Sustainable Futures: On the Critical Urgency of the Ecological Turn in Intercultural Communication
This special issue brings together ten pieces that illustrate the state and scope of the Ecological Turn in intercultural communication today, while also pointing to future avenues for research. In this introduction, we emphasize the importance of carving spaces of creativity and resistance within and beyond academia as knowledges and solutions for sustainable futures cannot stem from euro-western-centric and anthropocentric frameworks. We conclu…
Navigating the city, negotiating whiteness: White women’s experiences in and perceptions of Bordeaux (France)
This study examines the (re)production of whiteness in the city of Bordeaux (France). Fifteen locals who identified as white women were interviewed in Spring 2023. Critical discourse analysis and literature on whiteness and white space were used to identify the discursive strategies and resources used by the participants to make sense of space through whiteness and vice-versa. The findings reveal the range of discourses the participants drew on t…
Walking to See: Exploring the Spatiality of Race and One’s Positionality Through Datawalks
This article discusses how datawalks, a method of mobility that provides information about oneself in relation to space and others, can be used to research race through one’s embodied experience in space. Datawalks have often been used to explore experiences of minoritized rather than dominant groups and as a collaborative research-participant experience rather than a self-ethnographic endeavor. This article tackles these gaps by showing how data…
The spatiality of racial load: Navigating spaces (of whiteness) in Bordeaux (France)
This study examines the (re)production of race and racism in the city of Bordeaux (France) as perceived by fifteen women who have experienced racialization processes positioning them outside of whiteness. Informed by intersectional and postcolonial feminist scholarship, this study sheds light on the nuances, complexities and historicity of the participants’ daily urban experiences. A focus on race and space is particularly useful in race-evasive …
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