ABSTRACT
Collective biography is a collaborative methodology used by feminists to examine the processes through which subjects emerge. Working with joy led us to search within the feminist geography literature for scholarship that mentioned or conceptualized joy. The entry into a discussion of intimacy in collective biography is the methodological implications of the uses of intimacy in research. Collective biography requires both rapport among and a long-term commitment from group members. Colebrook writes about the distinction between interpreting a text, and inhabiting a text in the context of Deleuze's writing: Rather than seek the good sense of a work, a Deleuzean reading looks at what a philosophical text creates. Inhabiting memories as a pathway to generate intimacy has not always been a comfortable or seamless process. Inhabitation leading to intimacy is an uneven process in terms of both time and intensity, a murky route with its own set of effects.
