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Feminist geography is an approach to study in human geography which applies the theories, methods and critiques of feminism to the study of the human environment, society and geographical space.[1]
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Feminist geography is often considered part of a broader postmodern approach to the subject, often drawing from the theories of Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Judith Butler and more recently integrating some of the criticisms of feminism from postcolonial theorists. The concern tends not to be with the development of conceptual theory in itself but rather focuses on the real experiences of individuals and groups in their own localities, upon the geographies that they live in within their own communities.[1]
There are a number of strands to feminist geography, and developments which have drawn from them. These include:
In addition to its analysis of the real world, it also critiques existing geographical and social studies, arguing that academic traditions are delineated by patriarchy, and that contemporary studies which do not confront the nature of previous work reinforce the masculine bias of academic study.[2]
Another illustration of this approach to geography is to study gender differences in terms of personal access, mobility and safety, especially in respect to the design and use of urban space and open places such as public parks and footpaths. The experience of walking alone through a city centre late at night or public park even in daytime is likely to be different for males and females and also for people of different ages, cultures and so on.
However, feminist geography is not limited to the local scale. One example of a global topic of feminist geography research is the worldwide migration of women from the Third World to the First World to perform domestic labor and sex work.
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