ERIC Number: EJ1223626
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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The Right to Space in Higher Education: Nonbinary and Agender Students' Navigation of Campus
Flint, Maureen A.; Kilgo, Cindy Ann; Bennett, Lauren A.
Journal of College Student Development, v60 n4 p437-454 Jul-Aug 2019
Through a critical spatial lens, we explored how nonbinary and agender students navigate the space of a college campus. Using narrative inquiry, we considered nonbinary and agender students' navigation in multiple ways--both as the literal navigation of physical place and as an always-in-process becoming with and in the place of higher education. Our findings include narratives of (a) relationality--in which participants described how connections between bodies and materialities produced spaces in particular ways, (b) multiplicity--in which layered and often contradicting narratives of place existed simultaneously, and (c) constructing identity--the interaction between external and internal identity developments and negotiations. This article moves research toward methods, implications, and theories that thoughtfully and intentionally reflect the multilayered experiences and identities of nonbinary and agender students.
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, College Students, Navigation, College Environment, Human Body, Identification (Psychology), Sexual Identity, Minority Group Students, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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