Brave space-making as witnessing

Journal of Applied Communication Research 2026

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Authors: Brittany L. Peterson, Caroline Wilson, James Annan
DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2026.2637770
Cited by: 1
References: 4

Abstract

This essay examines brave space-making as witnessing, understood as an embodied and socio-material practice of staying present amid vulnerability. Through fieldwork vignettes from prisons, recovery settings, and autoethnographic inquiry, the authors show how sensorial sensemaking orients relational engagement and constitutes witnessing as a narrative act.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies Memory Trauma and Commemoration Posthumanist Ethics and Activism

Publication details

Journal / source
Journal of Applied Communication Research
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Volume
54
Issue
2
Pages
246–250
Publication date
4 March 2026
Language
EN