Putting it into Practice [1] : Using Feminist Fractured Foundationalism in Researching Children in the Concentration Camps of the South African War [2]

Feminist fractured foundationalism has been developed over a series ofcollaborative writings as a combined epistemology and methodology, although ithas mainly been discussed in epistemological terms. It was operationalised as amethodology in a joint research project in South Africa concerned withinvestigating two important ways that the experiences of children in the SouthAfrican War 1899-1902, in particular in the concentration camps establishedduring its commando and ‘scorched earth’ phase, were representedcontemporaneously: in the official records, and in photography. The details ofthe research and writing process involved are provided around discussion of thenine strategies that compose feminist fractured foundationalism and itsstrengths and limitations in methodological terms are reviewed.