The article attempts to understand and explore how feminist geographiesFeminist geography are particularly focused on ethnographic fieldwork and situated knowledge(s) derived from the lived experiences of womenWomen in diverse social and geographic locations from feminist standpoints. It deals with how feminismFeminism(s) and the theories of body, sex and genderGender have an impact on the discipline of geographyGeography that engages with and looks intimately into the politics of gendering of private and public spacesSpace, everyday ‘worldings’, local–global relations, and gendered division of paid and unpaid labourLabour. It would try to understand if/how the linkages and overlaps between genderGender, identityIdentity, ethnicity, indigeneity and subalternitySubalternity exert effects on the place-based researches within the broader and sub-discipline of urban, rural, homeHome geographyGeography. The article takes stock of the genderGender theories of Judith Butler and Gayatri Spivak to understand and explore, on the micro-level, the workings of agencyAgency, collectivity and spatialitySpatiality in doing geographyGeography in South Asia, specifically in spacesSpace consisted of subalternSubaltern groups and indigenous peoples facing global forces effecting climate change and environmental disasterDisaster.