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

在后殖民酷儿和女权主义认识论的基础上，该项目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。在酷儿研究中，性可以通过“差异政治”来理解，认识到酷儿经验和认同的光谱。酷儿方法论可以是一种“清道夫方法论”，利用多种方法，在这种情况下，将访谈与行走民族志配对，以达到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和结构性的。这种大范围的采访可以被视为“搞怪领域”。Queer positionality是关于未来的庆祝活动和一个关键的空间，以探讨在定居者殖民背景下巴勒斯坦人的同性恋者的谈判抵抗，实地工作将在两个3个月的时间内进行，以适应签证限制与4个研究地点（东耶路撒冷，伯利恒，希布伦和拉马拉）选择他们接近隔离障碍或主要的以色列检查站。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，其中包括将通过研究出现的性别认同范围内的酷儿参与者。通过与你的参与者进行观察和笔记，行走的民族志允许研究人员关注日常生活的情境，并认识到叙事和身份是生活在当地空间及其历史中的。在选择参与者时，我会使用基于邻近的社交网络应用程序（Grindr/Atraf），用英文/阿拉伯文说明其目的，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没有“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中所扮演的角色，以及物理边界在多大程度上被虚拟复制，以评估它们如何重新配置“空间和空间实践”。我认为自己是非二元的酷儿，曾在WB生活/工作，但作为白色英国人可能会影响研究人员/参与者之间的动态，因此在实地考察和分析期间，我将练习“反身定位”，以承认和反思我的偏见，情绪和权力关系在研究过程的核心。我将通过课程提高我的基本阿拉伯语，通过敏感性，团结和社区意识与我的参与者建立融洽的关系。为了确保我的参与者的健康和我自己的安全，访谈将在公共场所进行，讨论保持私密，由参与者选择，以鼓励“深度访谈”。我将获得书面/口头同意在阿拉伯语/英语，并保持保密性，将确保任何识别细节是匿名的（使用化名），与数据加密，并在大学服务器上安全地举行。这种跨学科的研究借鉴了各种领域，包括性别研究，人文地理，民族政治和非殖民地研究，以推进知识生产的非殖民酷儿模式，丰富我们的巴勒斯坦/以色列的观点。我的项目在巴勒斯坦背景下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（行走民族志），这将使独特的见解和分析成为可能。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，并促进了与布里斯托和埃克塞特集体的联系。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，对巴勒斯坦的非政府组织很有用。

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.