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“Visiting is a way to think about being present, in relationship, over time. This attention to relationship engages places, lands and waters, just as we can connect with other relatives– humans and more.”
Eve Tuck
Eve Tuck discusses “visiting” as a method to get closer to places and people in texts such as Visiting as an Indigenous feminist practice, which she has written with fellow Indigenous thinkers and artists. It is not presented as a research methodology per se but something placed at the core of how research is done and how relationships are made; “we find visiting to be a compelling framework because it suggests a responsibility”[1], she writes and connects the act with mutuality, accountability and vulnerability. These values are often highlighted as important by scholars discussing ways for non-Indigenous researchers who approach issues and concerns connected to Indigenous people/s or land.[2]
[1] Eve Tuck et al. “Visiting as an Indigenous feminist practice”. eng. In: Gender and education 35.2 (2023), pp. 144– 155. issn: 0954-0253.
[2] Among others I’ve had great
