Centering the identity-related impact of spatial structures and physical environments in shaping the sense of being and belonging of people in the diaspora is a key decolonial feminist project for and within psychology. This paper presents an ethnographic study that combines observations at three Black hair salons in England with a total of 25 qualitative interviews with Black women (n = 18) and experts such as hairdressers (n = 7). The question this study seeks to answer is: ``How are Black women's racial identities constructed, structed and shaped by and through their interactions with and navigation of the Black hair care and beauty landscape in England?’’ This paper shows that participants reflected on the navigation of space as an identity-relevant experience. Moreover, racial identity construction happens in place through encounters and socio-spatial interactions and Black women's ways of seeing, being, and inhabiting the world. Lastly, this paper argues the centrality or marginality of Black hair salons is relative, dependent upon the location and situatedness of the person searching or visiting it. This paper thus highlights avenues for future research into the space- race-identity nexus and invites an examination of the identity-related significance that spatial arrangements carry for people in the diaspora.

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空间、种族和身份：关于英国黑人头发护理和美容景观以及黑人女性种族身份建构的民族志研究

将空间结构和物理环境的身份相关影响集中在塑造散居者的存在感和归属感是心理学和心理学内部的一个关键的去殖民女权主义项目。本文介绍了一项民族志研究，该研究将英格兰三个黑人美发沙龙的观察结果与对黑人女性 ( n = 18) 和美发师等专家 ( n= 7)。本研究试图回答的问题是：“黑人女性的种族身份是如何通过与英格兰黑发护理和美容景观的互动和导航来构建、构建和塑造的？”空间导航是一种与身份相关的体验。此外，种族身份构建发生在适当的位置通过相遇和社会空间互动以及黑人女性看待、存在和居住世界的方式。最后，本文认为黑发沙龙的中心性或边缘性是相对的，取决于搜索或访问它的人的位置和位置。因此，本文强调了未来研究太空-种族-身份关系的途径，并邀请对空间安排对散居者的身份相关意义进行检查。