1st Edition

Researching Displacement Together Co-producing Knowledge with Women in Colombia

By Sonja Marzi, Rachel Pain, Jen Tarr Copyright 2026
158 Pages 10 Color & 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

158 Pages 10 Color & 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book showcases how to co-produce research when we are unable to meet in the same geographical space. It details a remote and hybrid audio-visual participatory methodology through which women share their experiences of displacement, gender, and the city. Writing as researchers and filmmakers in the UK and Colombia, alongside 24 displaced women in Bogotá and Medellín, this participatory... Read more
Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 – Colombia, violence, and the victims of the conflict Chapter 3 – Researching remotely: Methodological considerations Chapter 4 – The audio-visual as a tool for transformation Chapter 5 – Displacement Chapter 6 – Urban challenges and rebuilding life in the city Chapter 7 – Hopes for a better future Chapter 8 – Conclusion: What's in a book?

Biography

Sonja Marzi is an Assistant Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. She also holds a Visiting Fellow Position at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research contributes to better understand women’s resistance to violence, activism, and their urban challenges in contexts of conflict and crisis.

Rachel Pain is Professor of Human Geography at Newcastle University, UK. Her research centres on gender-based violence, disasters and recovery and urban trauma using participatory action research. She recently co-authored Critically Engaging Participatory Action Research (with Sara Kindon/Mike Kesby 2025) and Gender-Based Violence and Layered Disasters (with Nahid Rezwana 2023).

Jen Tarr is Senior Lecturer in Social Science Research Methods and Director of Researcher Education and Development at Newcastle University, UK. She is a health sociologist by background and her research centres around visual and digital methods and ethics.