Putting it into Practice[1]: Using Feminist Fractured Foundationalism in Researching Children in the Concentration Camps of the South African War[2]

Liz Stanley and Sue Wise

Sociological Research Online, 2006, vol. 11, issue 1, 14-50

Abstract: Feminist fractured foundationalism has been developed over a series of collaborative writings as a combined epistemology and methodology, although it has mainly been discussed in epistemological terms. It was operationalised as a methodology in a joint research project in South Africa concerned with investigating two important ways that the experiences of children in the South African War 1899-1902, in particular in the concentration camps established during its commando and ‘scorched earth’ phase, were represented contemporaneously: in the official records, and in photography. The details of the research and writing process involved are provided around discussion of the nine strategies that compose feminist fractured foundationalism and its strengths and limitations in methodological terms are reviewed.

Keywords: Feminist Fractured Foundationalism; Feminist Methodology; Feminist Epistemology; Feminist Sociology; South African War 1899-1902; Concentration Camps; Children; Retrievable Documents; Photographs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.5153/sro.1121

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