Feminist geography, the ‘everyday’, and local–global relations

Hidden spaces of place‐making

Bibliographic Data

ID8422124
AuthorsIsabel Dyck (University of British Columbia, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume49
Issue3
Pages233-243
Publication date2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-3658 • E-ISSN: 1541-0064
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.0008-3658.2005.00092.x
OpenAlexW2124178903
LanguageEN
Citations received173
References cited21

An interest in the taken‐for‐granted, mundane routine activities of women's lives has long been central to the production of knowledge in feminist geography. Here, I revisit the ‘everyday’ in relation to changing lines of inquiry as geographers work to capture the complexity of local–global relations in conceptualising an accelerated pace of the stretching of social relations over space. Through a primary focus on feminist work on care in the home, I explore the various ways in which the meanings and organisation of caregiving activity are intricately connected with the intertwining of globalisation, neoliberalism, social conservatism and a ‘greying’ population in the West. Foregrounding gender in my discussion, I review literature and draw on research examples to illustrate ways in which various types of ‘hidden’ caregiving contribute to contemporary place‐making, and open up our understanding of the ‘local’

Epistemology · Everyday life · Feminism · Feminist theory · Foregrounding · Globalization · Human geography · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Political science · Relation (database) · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

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