‘Optics of Intersectionality’: Unpacking women’s travel experiences through Instagram
Geoghegan, Molly
Geoghegan, Molly
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2020
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Geoghegan, Molly. (2020). ‘Optics of Intersectionality’: Unpacking women’s travel experiences through Instagram. Dearcadh: Graduate Journal of Gender, Globalisation and Rights, 1. doi:https://doi.org/10.13025/h23q-ng65
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This research applies the feminist framework of intersectionality to female travel and the role that Instagram plays in those experiences. Using a qualitative approach and engaging in interviews with four travel Instagrammers, I will explore these individual experiences with an intersectional lens. Intersectionality helps to unpack the ambiguities of Instagram’s role in travel—both its power to bolster community, as well as perpetuate systems of power. To disrupt patriarchal, neo-colonial constructions in travel, it is vital to recognize the spaces that research has left untouched and to make aware the complex reality of female travel experiences. Intersectionality helps to illuminate the ambiguities of Instagram’s role in travel, erode systemic barriers, and better understand how women navigate the world.
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School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway
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CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IE