Théorie et méthodologie féministes pour la recherche en contexte numérique

Abstract

This article provides a feminist epistemology and methodology for research in digital spaces with a view to helping enrich methodological discussions in feminist research and studies of communication and the Internet. The first section presents critical feminist contributions to the development of a methodology, lays the epistemological foundations of the feminist approach, and explains positioning theory and its role in building self-reflexivity. It also addresses the situated dimension of knowledge, the implications of the theoretical framework, and intersectional issues. The second section, which brings the field of inquiry to the fore, draws on work in digital spaces to explain the process of delimiting a field. It also discusses the contributions of qualitative and quantitative methods and the reflexive relationship with data, which are still a form of mediating reality.

Keywords

• epistemology
• methodology
• power relations
• self-reflexivity
• digital spaces
• feminism