Urban Invisibles: Feminist perspectives on marginalization and resistance in Nairobi and Addis Ababa through the lens of embodied research practices

This paper explores the embodied and politically charged nature of urban research through feminist and decolonial lenses, focusing on the invisibility of marginalized populations in Nairobi and Addis Ababa. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Nairobi and Addis Ababa, we demonstrate that the vulnerabilities and emotions inherent to research not only shape data collection but also […]

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Urban Matters
Published
2025-08-04
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https://doi.org/10.24834/urbanmatters.2025.08.5
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Foucault, Power, and Ethics
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Urban Invisibles: Feminist perspectives on marginalization and resistance in Nairobi and Addis Ababa through the lens of embodied research practices

Annapia Debarry, Valentine Opanga
Urban Matters
Foucault, Power, and Ethics
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Urban Invisibles: Feminist perspectives on marginalization and resistance in Nairobi and Addis Ababa through the lens of embodied research practices

Annapia Debarry, Valentine Opanga
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This paper explores the embodied and politically charged nature of urban research through feminist and decolonial lenses, focusing on the invisibility of marginalized populations in Nairobi and Addis Ababa. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Nairobi and Addis Ababa, we demonstrate that the vulnerabilities and emotions inherent to research not only shape data collection but also […]

Urban Matters(August 2025)
University of Bonn (DE)
Reduced inequalities
Openalex Percentile: Top 69%
Foucault, Power, and Ethics
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