The idea and practice of going ‘into the field’ to conduct research and gather data is a deeply rooted aspect of Geography as a discipline. For global North Development Geographers, amongst others, this usually entails travelling to, and spending periods of time in, often far-flung parts of the global South. Forging a successful academic career as a Development Geographer in the UK, is therefore to some extent predicated on mobility. This paper aims to critically engage with the gendered aspects of this expected mobility, focusing on the challenges and time constraints that are apparent when conducting overseas fieldwork as a mother, unaccompanied by her children. The paper emphasises the emotion work that is entailed in balancing the competing demands of overseas fieldwork and mothering, and begins to think through the implications of these challenges in terms of the types of knowledge we produce, as well as in relation to gender equality within the academy.

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学术母性和实地考察：兼顾时间、情感和竞争需求

进入“实地”进行研究和收集数据的想法和实践是地理学作为一门学科的一个根深蒂固的方面。对于全球北方发展地理学家等而言，这通常需要前往全球南方的偏远地区并在其中度过一段时间。因此，在英国作为发展地理学家取得成功的学术生涯，在某种程度上取决于流动性。本文旨在批判性地探讨这种预期流动的性别方面，重点关注在没有孩子陪伴的情况下作为母亲进行海外实地考察时明显的挑战和时间限制。该论文强调了在平衡海外田野工作和母爱的竞争需求时所需要的情感工作，