Building Constellations of Creative and Participatory Research (online)

Date:

31/03/2025 - 01/04/2025

Organised by:

University of Southampton

Presenter:

Dr Linzi Ladlow and Dr Laura Way

Level:

Intermediate (some prior knowledge)

Contact:

Penny White
NCRM Centre Manager
p.c.white@southampton.ac.uk

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Venue: Online

Description:

This exciting interactive workshop will develop your knowledge and skills in using creative and participatory research methods. Creative and participatory methods are increasingly being utilised by social researchers to tackle complex research questions, enhance participant inclusivity and to generate wide ranging research impact for a broad range of stakeholders. 

This session begins with an overview of developments in creative and participatory research, highlighting the opportunities and challenges in the context of social policy, research impact and advancing academic knowledge. Across the two days, the course covers how and why we use a variety of creative and participatory methods and how to bring them together in analysis, forming a constellation. The workshop will address ethics, opportunities, benefits and challenges during the research process and how to generate multi-level impact from grassroots to social policy. Participants will be given the opportunity to explore how to incorporate creative and participatory approaches (such as zines and photovoice) in their own research, and how to analyse and disseminate effectively.
 

Over the course you will:

  • Be introduced to key debates in creative and participatory research
  • Understand the potential for, and the challenges of, using creative and participatory research methods
  • Explore how to ethically engage in creative and participatory research
  • Learn from active peer-researchers involved in co-creating research

 

By the end of the course participants will:

  • Develop practical skills in different creative and participatory approaches such as Zines, Photovoice, Co-creation/co-production (including peer research)
  • Develop skills in designing, conducting, analysing and disseminating creative and participatory research
  • Learn how such methods can be incorporated into the generation of meaningful research impact

 

Indicative Schedule:

The course will run across two consecutive mornings (10am - 1pm) and equates to one day of training for payment purposes.

Day 1
-    What do we mean by creative and/or participatory methods? 
-    The value of creative/participatory research methods 
-    Planning and setting up creative/participatory research tools. 
-    FOCUS ON (1): zines as creative/participatory methods
-    Ethical considerations specific to creative/participatory research (part 1)
Day 2
-    Ethical considerations specific to creative/participatory research (part 2)
-    Creative/participatory research with children and young people
-    Creative/participatory research with marginalised communities    
-    FOCUS ON (2): co-creation – creative and participatory research in action* 
-    Doing co-analysis and co-dissemination 
-    Creative/participatory methods for generating meaningful research impact 
-    Wrapping up the workshop/advice clinic

*The workshop facilitators will be joined on this by two peer researchers they have trained and worked with on recent research projects.

 

Presenters:

This course will be delivered by Dr Linzi Ladlow, Research Fellow from the University of Lincoln, and Dr Laura Way, Senior Lecturer from the University of Roehampton. They are experienced in engaging with creative and participatory research and facilitating training. They have hosted a BSA funded symposium and are editing a forthcoming collection on creative and participatory methods.

 

Target audience:

This short course is suitable for all qualitative researchers at any career stage, including postgraduate students. Whilst we are not expecting you to already be familiar with creative and participatory methods, familiarity with the purposes of qualitative research, as well as with qualitative methods of data generation and analysis, will be assumed.

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. The University of Southampton’s Online Store T&Cs also continue to apply.

Website and registration:

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Region:

South East

Keywords:

Participatory Research, Action Research, Creative research, Co-production research, Co-creation research


Related publications and presentations from our eprints archive:

Participatory Research
Action Research

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