Project title

Subjectivity and Space: an affective cartography of translocal subjectivities

Research topic

Jo’s research is concerned with the relationship between subjectivity and space. Drawing on critical geography, her PhD thesis explores the struggle over imaginings of space, understood as a struggle over the self, community, and the other. The work emphasizes the multiplicity of subjectivity and relationality, and is especially interested in the affective negotiation of transnationality or translocality.

Using maps as a method to examine how subjectivity emerges in relation to urban spaces, the project seeks to understand how we give meaning to spatial experiences through the visualization of embodied affective impressions. By applying a research design that preserves the relational aspect of place-making at its core, Jo explores how participatory mapping can depict spatial subjectivity.

Biography

Jo grew up in Oslo, Norway. 

She holds a BA (Hons) in Communication Studies with minors in Psychology and Political Science from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, and an MSc in Politics and Communication from the Department of Media and Communication at the LSE. Her Master’s dissertation examined social cartographic representations of displacement and gentrification in New York City. 

Throughout her education, Jo has maintained an interest in visual culture, social psychology, and the built environment. 

Jo is supported by an LSE PhD studentship.

Supervisors