Pivoting toward solidarity

Black studies, Black feminism, and performance in geographical scholarship on sexuality

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ID13007275
AuthorsXavier Livermon (0000-0003-4184-4771, University of California, Santa Cruz, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume15
Issue2
Pages244-248
Publication date2023-07-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDialogues in Human Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2043-8206 • E-ISSN: 2043-8214
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/20438206231189581
OpenAlexW4385274510
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

In this commentary on Andrew Tucker's ( 2025 ) article, ‘A Sexuality Pivot,’ I discuss both the exciting possibilities and some caveats to consider as we engage critically in solidarity-oriented research. In the main, I am interested in what kinds of considerations we as researchers must engage if we are to effectively pivot toward solidarity. Here, I engage the rich history of solidarity from Abolitionist and Black feminist traditions to think through how contributions from Black studies, expansively defined, might enrich the conversation on solidarity as a research method. In particular, I examine the fruitful possibilities drawn from D. Soyini Madison, Audre Lorde, and the strategy of witnessing (developed from Frederick Douglass by way of Dwight Conquergood) as a way of thinking through contemporary solidaristic scholarship on the geographies of sexuality

Conversation · Epistemology · Feminism · Human sexuality · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Solidarity · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Philosophy · Sex work and related issues · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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