Charlotte Seegers
(she/they)

Research student

After 10 years working in video production, I returned to academia to merge my skills as a video ethnographer and documentary filmmaker with academic research. As a female cyclist myself, I am keen to explore how alternative femininities and masculinities are constructed through physical movements. To this end, I am developing innovative video methods to gain deeper and more nuanced insights into embodied and affective knowledge and expanding the possibility of video-ethnography.

Thesis

Racing Whilst Female: an exploration of gendered identities through movements with experimental video-ethnography

My PhD research employs innovative video methods as a key methodological approach to explore how gendered identities are actualized through movement in the context of cycling. The study spans the experiences of elderly female cyclists as well as female racers in Wales and Portugal.

Funding sources

ESRC

My interests span across mobility, gender, sports studies, and creative methods. I hold an MSc in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths, University of London (2013–2014), and an MSc in Social Science Research Methods from Cardiff University (2023–2024). Between these periods, I worked as a documentary filmmaker and video ethnographer, living in France, the UK, and Portugal.

Honours and awards

RGS-IBG Annual International Conference: Paper selection for presentation, Racing Whilst Female. August 2024
June 2024
ESRC Scholarship, issued by UKRI - UK Research and Innovation. Sep 2023
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa: Book photographer and contributor: A cidade Para Quem. Jan 2023
Netflix Streaming Platform: Film broadcast, She's french. 2017
Vision du Reel film festival Doc outlook: Short film selection: Immediate Response. 2015
Goldsmiths University of London: Paul Watson Price for best film of academic year. June 2014.
MSc Visual Anthropology Distinction, Goldsmiths University. Sep 2014.