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Geographies of Affective Knowledge: Site, the Embodied Ethnicity and Transformation

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article examines the inner experiences of two (im)migrant bodies, focusing on an Asian immigrant teacher and a British expatriate teacher across various temporal spaces. By addressing ordinary affect, the performative paradigm offers a space for writing marginal individuals into existence and preserving visceral experiences. Through ‘betweener talk,’ it produces geographies of affective knowledge and transformation over time. The ethical validity of embodied knowing underscores their specific situatedness. By engaging in reparative performance, it provides counter-narratives to essentialist views of people in mobility contexts. This article demonstrates how performative writing empowers (im)migrant bodies by highlighting their unique histories and the economic and socio-cultural forces that influence their desired futures.

Source: Culture Studies &#x2194 Critical Methodologies

DOI: 10.1177/15327086251337698

Authors: Dave Yan, Adam Poole

Institutions: Monash University, Education University of Hong Kong

Language: English

Topic: Posthumanist Ethics and Activism

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,650