Dr Ale Boussalem
Lecturer in Human Geography
Teaching
I am module coordinator for:
- GG3207: Qualitative Methods for Human Geographers
- GG3214: Human Geography Fieldcourse
- GG4243: Geographies of Race, Racialisation and Racism
In addition to this, I contribute to GG2013: Exploring the Discipline of Geography I, and I am Wellbeing Officer for the School of Geography and Sustainable Development
Research areas
I am a social and cultural geographer working at the intersection of queer geographies and geographies of race, racialisation and ethnicity. My research to date has focused on intersections of homo/bi/transphobia and Islamophobia/racism in the experiences of LGBTQ+ people from a Muslim background living in Brussels, Belgium. The project I am currently working on looks at experiences of racialisation and racism, processes of identity formation and sense of place for Italians of North-African descent. My research is grounded in queer, intersectional and critical race epistemologies. I am a qualitative researcher and I have used different methods of data collection in my research, including participant observation, interviews and participatory theatre.
Selected publications
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Open access
When the spotlight is always on the neighborhood: LGBTQ people from a Muslim background deconstructing imagined borders in Brussels, Belgium
Boussalem, A., 1 Jan 2023, In: Sexualities. 26, 1-2, p. 68-85 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
‘Like a piece of meat in a pack of wolves’: gay/bisexual men and sexual racialization
Boussalem, A. & Di Feliciantonio, C., 17 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Gender, Place and Culture. Latest Articles, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Queer New York: Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes and Queers
Boussalem, A., 4 May 2022, In: Gender, Place and Culture. 29, 5, p. 748-750 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Open access
A place where there is no need to explain: LGBTQ Muslims, collective disidentification and queer space in Brussels, Belgium
Boussalem, A., 2 Jun 2022, In: Social and Cultural Geography. 24, 9, p. 1654-1671 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
In, out, or somewhere else entirely: going beyond binary constructions of the closet in the lives of LGBTQ people from a Muslim background living in Brussels
Boussalem, A., 1 Jun 2021, In: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 46, 2, p. 435-448 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review