"Jumping the Wall": Negotiated Resistance of Bodies and Borders by Queer Palestinians between the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel

该项目以后殖民酷儿和女权主义认识论为基础，以强调多方法定性数据收集的交叉方法为指导。将酷儿作为一种方法论和分析框架，加深了我们对巴勒斯坦定居者殖民暴力和非殖民政治的理解。在酷儿(y)研究中，性行为可以通过“差异政治”来理解，认识到酷儿经历和认同的范围。酷儿方法论可以是一种“拾荒者方法论”，使用多种方法，在这种情况下，将访谈与行走的民族志相结合，以接触那些经常被排除在学术研究之外的人。本研究以自下而上的分析为中心，将亲密关系、身份和空间理解为主观上和结构上的建构。这种大范围的面试可以被看作是“搞怪这个领域”。酷儿定位是关于未来的想象，也是探索在定居者-殖民背景下巴勒斯坦酷儿协商抵抗的关键空间。实地工作将在两个为期3个月的期间内进行，以适应签证限制，选择的4个研究地点（东耶路撒冷、伯利恒、希布伦和拉马拉）靠近隔离墙或以色列主要检查站。现象学数据收集将包括半结构化的定性访谈，以及行走的民族志，与跨性别认同的酷儿参与者一起，这些参与者将通过研究出现。通过与参与者一起在空间中行走，观察和记录，行走的民族志使研究人员能够关注日常生活的情境性，并认识到当地空间及其历史中的叙事和身份。在选择参与者时，我将利用基于邻近的社交网络应用程序（Grindr/Atraf），用英语/阿拉伯语介绍其目的，并表明自己是研究人员。应用程序是一种新颖而有效的抽样技术，可以接触到那些可能尚未“出局”的人。使用应用程序将使我能够探索技术在塑造身份和亲密关系方面所起的作用，以及在多大程度上虚拟地再现物理边界，以评估它们如何重新配置“空间和空间实践”。我自认为是非二元的酷儿，并在WB生活/工作过，但作为英国白人可能会影响研究者/参与者之间的动态关系，因此在实地调查和分析过程中，我将练习“反身性”，以承认和反思我的偏见、情绪和研究过程中核心的权力关系。我将通过课程提高我的基本阿拉伯语，通过敏感、团结和社区意识与我的参与者建立融洽的关系和互动。为了确保我的参与者的健康和我自己的安全，采访将在公共场所进行，在那里讨论是私密的，由参与者选择，以鼓励“深度披露”。我将获得阿拉伯语/英语的书面/口头同意，并为保密，将确保任何身份信息匿名（使用假名），数据加密并安全地保存在大学服务器上。这一跨学科研究借鉴了包括性别研究、人文地理、民族政治和非殖民化研究在内的多个领域，以推进非殖民化的酷儿知识生产模式，丰富我们对巴勒斯坦/以色列的看法。我的项目采用了一种新颖的抽样技术（通过虚拟网络应用程序）和方法（行走人种学）在巴勒斯坦的背景下，这将使独特的见解和分析。这项研究补充了巴勒斯坦研究中心的工作，产生了新的知识，并与布里斯托尔和埃克塞特的集体建立了联系。最重要的是，它旨在通过强调空间化的不平等是如何产生、经历和抵制的，对巴勒斯坦奇怪的非政府组织有用。

Grounded in postcolonial queer and feminist epistemologies, this project is guided by an intersectional approach that emphasises multi-method qualitative data collection. Engaging queer as a methodology and analytical framework deepens our understanding of both settler colonial violence and decolonial politics in Palestine. In queer(y)ing the research, sexuality can be understood through a 'politics of difference', recognising the spectrum of queer experience and identification.Queer methodology can be a 'scavenger methodology' utilising diverse methods, in this case, pairing interviews with walking ethnography, to reach those often excluded from academic research. This research centres on a bottom-up analysis, understanding intimacy, identity and space as subjectively and structurally constructed. This wide range of interviewing can be seen as 'queering the field'. Queer positionality is about future imaginings and a critical space to explore the negotiated resistance of queer Palestinians within a settler-colonial context.The fieldwork will be conducted over two 3-month periods to accommodate visa restrictions with 4 research sites (East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah) chosen for their proximity to the Separation Barrier or to major Israeli checkpoints. Phenomenological data collection will involve semi-structured qualitative interviews alongside walking ethnographies with queer participants across a spectrum of gender identities that will emerge through the research. By walking through spaces with your participant making observations and note-taking, a walking ethnography allows for the researcher to be attentive to the situatedness of everyday life and recognise that narratives and identities are lived within a local space and its history.In selecting participants, I will utilise proximity-based social networking apps (Grindr/Atraf) with profiles in English/Arabic stating their purpose and identifying myself as researcher. Apps are a novel yet effective sampling technique in reaching those that may not be "out". Using apps will allow me to explore the role technology plays in shaping identities and intimacies and to what extent physical borders are reproduced virtually, to assess how they reconfigure 'space and spatial practices'.I identify as queer non-binary and have lived/worked in the WB, but being white British may influence dynamics between researcher/participant, thus during fieldwork and analysis, I will practice 'reflexive positionality' to acknowledge and reflect on my bias, emotions and the power relations at the core of the research process. I will improve my basic Arabic through classes to build rapport and engage with my participants through sensitivity, solidarity and a sense of community. Ensuring the wellbeing of my participants and my own safety, interviews will be conducted in public locations where discussions remain private, chosen by participants to encourage 'deep disclosure'. I will obtain written/verbal consent in Arabic/English and, maintaining confidentiality, will ensure any identifying details are anonymised (using pseudonyms), with data encrypted and held securely on university servers.This interdisciplinary research draws upon a variety of fields including Gender Studies, Human Geography, Ethno-Political and Decolonial Studies to advance decolonial queer modes of knowledge production and enrich our perspective of Palestine/Israel. My project employs a novel sampling technique (via virtual networking apps) and methodology (walking ethnography) in the Palestinian context, which will enable unique insights and analyses. This research complements the work of the Centre for Palestine Studies, producing new knowledge and fostering connections with collectives at Bristol and Exeter. Most importantly, it is intended to be useful to queer Palestinian NGOs by highlighting how spatialised inequalities are produced, experienced and resisted.