ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the ideas of space, mobility and change, as elaborated by Henri Bergson with Elizabeth Grosz's ideas on geo-power, to help make sense of the deep emotional resonances of the fathering story that connects Felipe back to his father and forward to his children. The author's understanding of Felipe's voyage of discovery begins with a push against the creation of imperious patriarchal fathering with its intent upon disempowerment. Felipe's voyage of discovery is augmented with a tender mapping, replete with poetic language that suggests feelings and memories that makes some small sense of complexity, affects and emotions in a way that is meaningful for the work of fathering. Grosz argues that identity is created through processes that are virtual and, from Deleuze, she points out that it always comprises what they do in the virtual ever-present. The chapter considers the work of fathering through emotions and stories, and ethnopoetry helps with the task.
