Advanced Critical Praxeological Analysis: Designing a Project and Writing a Paper (online)

Description:

Critical Praxeological Analysis (CPA) is a new approach which provides a way of conducting critical qualitative research. 

Critical Praxeological Analysis (CPA) synthesises ideas from three key areas: Wittgensteinian philosophy, particularly the method of grammatical investigation; ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, with a focus on praxeological gestalts; and critical research, especially critical phenomenology. This synthesis provides a robust method for critical qualitative research. 

In this two day online advanced course, the authors of the approach, Khadijah Diskin and Phil Hutchinson, will help participants identify and plan a project of study, handle data, and make a start on developing a research article. 

This course will assume an understanding of the basics of CPA and spend minimal time on a brief recap of these (see NCRM's online course Introduction to CPA - 12-13 February 2025  if you feel you need an introductory course first). 

The idea is for participants to make significant progress on work towards a CPA article for publication, either individually or working with other participants on the course as co-authors. The convenors will provide advice on every stage of the process and offer follow-up 1:1 sessions to participants.

 

Schedule:

Day One (26 February) will focus on supporting participants in designing and carrying out a project and writing a paper.

09.00-10.30 - A Brief introduction to the key tenets of CPA, delivered briefly as a refresher: 

• Linguistic and Praxeological Gestalts and their analysis
• Understanding discordant Gestalts
• Extending the unique adequacy requirement

10.30-10.50 Break

10.50-13.00 - Selecting, handling and analysing data—the CPA data session and data analysis:

• What data?
• Transcription and preparing your data for analysis
• Finding a way in. 
  Sometimes, the most challenging thing about data analysis in CPA (as in EMCA) is knowing how to get started, how to find a way into the data. We will share strategies for overcoming this hurdle.     
• Employing Gestalt frames in analysing interactional data.

13.00-14.00 LUNCH

14.00-16.30 - Writing a CPA report for publication—A Deliberative Forum:

Here we employ a reformulated version of the consensus workshop method, which has been designed practice-based teaching method. We will divide you into groups and use breakout rooms, taking you through a step-by-step process of selecting a topic, designing, and writing a CPA report.

16.30-17.00 – Preparing for the follow-up Data Sessions – Sourcing your data.

 

Day Two (12 March 2025) Two weeks after the course there will be a data session, where those who attended the course can bring their data for the group to analyse. 

09.00-09.10 Intro and schedule

09.10-10.10 – Session One

10.10-10.30 Break

10.30-11.30 – Session Two

11.30-12.30 – Session Three

12.30-13.30 LUNCH

13.30-14.30 – Session Four

14.30-15.30 – Session Five

15.30-15.50 – Break

15.45-16.50 – Session Six

 

Learning Outcomes:

• Participants will have made a start on a CPA project and in some cases a paper for publication.
• Participants will learn and understand the stages of CPA project design.
• Participants will have hands-on experience of handling and analysing data as a CPA researcher and participating in a data session.
• Participants will have tips on overcoming the hurdles which are commonly faced in a CPA project.
• Participants will have the opportunity to make use of subsequent support sessions, which will support them to the completion and submission of their paper over 8 months following the course.

 

Pre-requisites:

Essential Reading:
Diskin, K., & Hutchinson, P. (2024). Critical praxeological analysis: respecifying critical research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 21(4), 512–535. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2024.2365862 

The course will not serve as an introduction to CPA, it will assume that participants have read and understood Diskin and Hutchinson (2024). 

 

Presenters:

Khadijah Diskin

Author of “Critical Praxeological Analysis” and an EDI consultant in the UK. Khadijah’s PhD is on the experiences of black students in British universities. Khadijah also co-wrote the MMU advanced Qualitative Research Methods Unit, QMiP2, delivered annually to 500 students in the MMU School of Psychology. 

Phil Hutchinson

Author of “Critical Praxeological Analysis”, numerous articles on Wittgenstein, on methods in the social sciences, qualitative methods and of the book Shame and Philosophy (2008). Phil edits a book series for Routledge on philosophy and methods in the social science and facilitates the Ethnomethodology Reading Group which has run weekly, online, since 2020, and for 15 years organised the Mind and Society series of conferences, which brought together Wittgensteinian philosophers and ethnomethodologists, and which were hosted in Manchester and Cambridge.  Phil is currently senior lecturer in philosophical psychology, in the School of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University.

 

Cost:

The fee per teaching day is £35 per day for students / £75 per day for staff working for academic institutions, Research Councils and other recognised research institutions, registered charity organisations and the public sector / £250 per day for all other participants.

In the event of cancellation by the delegate a full refund of the course fee is available up to two weeks prior to the course. NO refunds are available after this date. If it is no longer possible to run a course due to circumstances beyond its control, NCRM reserves the right to cancel the course at its sole discretion at any time prior to the event. In this event every effort will be made to reschedule the course. If this is not possible or the new date is inconvenient a full refund of the course fee will be given. NCRM shall not be liable for any costs, losses or expenses that may be incurred as a result of its cancellation of a course, including but not limited to any travel or accommodation costs.

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Website and registration:

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Region:

North West

Keywords:

Frameworks for Research and Research Designs, Data Collection, Data Collection (other), Data Quality and Data Management , Critical Praxeological Analysis

Related publications and presentations from our eprints archive:

Frameworks for Research and Research Designs
Data Collection
Data Collection (other)
Data Quality and Data Management

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