Abstract
Feminist and LGBT/queer researchers have variously demonstrated the situated character of all knowledge, presenting a systematic and well-sub-stantiated critique against positivist ambitions of neutrality. In the context of increasingly fluid boundaries, shifting identities and economic precariousness in general — and for scholars in LGBT/queer studies in particular — researchers’ multiple belongings necessarily impact on the topics and methodologies used in research (Ryan-Flood and Gill, 2010; Taylor et al., 2010). Despite the increasing concern with intersectionality and the myriad impacts stemming from feminist and LGBT/queer contributions, mainstream academic praxis exercises both subjective and direct constraints upon politicised epistemologies, thereby often influencing the course and the impact of politically engaged research. Moreover, positivist practices and analyses still endure in mainstream institutions, often influencing academic curricula and criteria for granting funding.
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Santos, A.C. (2014). Academia Without Walls? Multiple Belongings and the Implications of Feminist and LGBT/Queer Political Engagement. In: Taylor, Y. (eds) The Entrepreneurial University. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137275875_2
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