Please note this event is only open to Early Career Researchers (PhDs, Research Associates etc.) at The University of Manchester.
A joint Sustainable Consumption Institute and Sustainable Futures event aimed at ECR scholars interested in creative qualitative methods.
It seeks to provide a platform for alternative and innovative approaches to studying some of the ‘wicked problems of the Anthropocene’ (Sardar, 2010). Such problems not only require interdisciplinary approaches to understand and tackle them but also non-traditional methods to fully grasp them. Yet all too often such innovative and creative methods get overlooked in favour of standard qualitative methods, such as interviewing and focus groups. Reasons for this include concerns regarding rigour and validity. However, as other studies have illustrated (e.g., Holmes and Hall, 2021; Back and Puwar, 2010) such methods can enable fuller, richer and more indepth data, particularly when combined with traditional approaches.
This workshop will provide academics with an opportunity to hear about and try some of the most recent methodological developments for thinking about and researching issues of environmental sustainability – including practical sessions on photo elicitation, creative writing, playing with materials such as clay, and even stitching!
Reserve a spot by following the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-qualitative-methods-for-researching-environmental-sustainability-tickets-769805578207?aff=oddtdtcreator
Indicative Agenda:
09:30 - 10:00 - Arrival, registration, coffee
10:00 -10:15 - Start & Introductions
10:15-11:15 - Session 1:Telling tales: communicating sustainability research through fairy tale characters with Katherine Ellsworth-Krebs (Strathclyde University), Carolynne Lord (Lancaster University) & Torik Holmes (SCI, UoM).
11:15-11:30 - Break
11:30-12:30 - Session 2: What stories can be informed by and unfold from a photograph? with Marilene Ribeiro (AHCP, SALC, UoM)
12:30-13:15 - Lunch and Networking
13:15 - 14:15 - Session 3: Collective and connective stitching with Laura Pottinger
14:15- 14:30 - Break
14:30- 15:30 Session 4: Research Knowledge Creation, Interpretation, Analysis, and Dissemination through Clay Play with Jenna Ashton (AHCP, SALC, UoM)
15:30 - 16:00 - Summary, discussions and close
