Feminist geographies have long provided geographers with methodologies for dislodging hegemonic structures of knowledge production. Recently, feminist geographers have taken up the challenges posed by the theory of intersectionality to analyze questions of place, power, and difference. In this article, we advance this trajectory by arguing for an “intersectional sensibility” in feminist geography methodologies. To illustrate this approach, we elevate the work of investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862–1931), who used qualitative and quantitative data to analyze the nature and severity of anti-Black violence in the United States. We place her work alongside that of Ellen Churchill Semple (1863–1932), a contemporary of Wells-Barnett, who promoted environmental determinism. We argue that Wells-Barnett’s research practices produced geographic knowledge that articulated a standpoint that revealed spatial relationships of power that undergirded oppression; disrupted spatial analyses arising from single-axis thinking; was concerned with ending geographies of violence and injustice; and contributed to unlearning prevailing geographical imaginaries. We offer a methodological intervention grounded in an intersectional sensibility for feminist geography as well as a demonstration of more inclusive disciplinary practices that expand thinking about methods and methodological accountability.

长期以来，女权主义地理学一直为地理学家提供了推翻知识生产霸权结构的方法。最近，女权主义地理学家接受了交叉性理论提出的挑战，分析地点、权力和差异问题。在本文中，我们通过主张女性主义地理学方法论中的“交叉敏感性”来推进这一轨迹。为了说明这种方法，我们提升了调查记者艾达·B·威尔斯-巴尼特（Ida B. Wells-Barnett，1862-1931）的工作，她使用定性和定量数据来分析美国反黑人暴力的性质和严重性。我们将她的作品与艾伦·丘吉尔·森普尔（Ellen Churchill Semple，1863-1932 年）的作品并列，后者是威尔斯-巴尼特的同时代人，提倡环境决定论。我们认为，威尔斯-巴尼特的研究实践产生了地理知识，阐明了一种立场，揭示了支撑压迫的空间权力关系；单轴思维导致空间分析中断；关注结束暴力和不公正的地区；并有助于忘记流行的地理想象。我们提供了一种基于女性主义地理学交叉敏感性的方法论干预，并展示了更具包容性的学科实践，扩大了对方法和方法论责任的思考。