Submitted by Susan Lesley Joiner to the University of Exeter as a dissertation towards the degree of Master of Arts by advanced study in Women's Studies, August 1998. This dissertation explores the social construction of landscape and sense of place. It questions whether professional artists perceive the North Cornish landscape as gendered. It uses feminist research methods to collect information. The epistemology of the subject is included and sociological and historical perspectives of North Cornwall are given.
Gender is central and the study has a feminist methodological framework supporting it.
Particular aspects of relevant feminist methodology are noted, especially those about writing up work. Varied feminist methods of data collection are considered giving emphasis to those particularly appropriate for the study, such as interview techniques. Discussion of the constraints imposed on the study's development are noted. I speak of the evolution of my interest in landscape as a topic and note both the primary and secondary sources that I used for the work. The study time schedule is also considered.