Creative research methods for tracing transcorporeality: reflections from the Eco-Feminist Art-Science Collective

Abstract

This article reflects on a three-day residency undertaken by the Eco-Feminist Art-Science (EFAS) Collective in rural Utrecht in July 2025. Bringing together researchers from geography, art, anthropology, history and curation, the residency created a setting to explore shared concerns about ecological change and contamination. We use Stacy Alaimo’s concept of transcorporeality to examine both the material entanglements between bodies and pollutants and the exchanges that shaped our emergence as a collective. Through five creative embodied methods (body mapping, walking, kayaking, singing or sound practices and automatic writing) we trace the effects of environmental harm while also fostering collaborative knowledge-making. For geographers, the article demonstrates methodological possibilities for tracing transcorporeality, which helps illuminate the relational, intimate and affective dimensions of environmental issues.