Power Relations and Participatory Research (join a waiting list)
Date:
16/05/2017 - 18/05/2017
Organised by:
NCRM, University of Southampton
Presenter:
Dr Tom Wakeford, Fiona Macbeth and members of the People's Knowledge Collective
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Jacqui Thorp
Training and capacity building co-ordinator
NCRM, University of Southampton
Email: jmh6@soton.ac.uk
Phone: 02380594069
Description:
In this 3 day course, we will use practical exercises and case studies to examine power relations within participatory research. Participants will develop their own existing participatory research project(s), or a proposal for the future. They will have the opportunity to learn how to address unequal power relations to ensure the research is both high quality and is produced inclusively and can be jointly translated into positive change in communities – locally, globally or both.
The course covers:
- An exploration of power relationships within participatory research
- The position of the participatory worker (or ‘facilitator’) in participatory research projects that involve ‘experts by experience’
- Understanding intersectional factors affecting people’s contributions to and impact within participatory research projects
By the end of the course participants will:
- Understand how to recognise and address power dynamics in research
- Have unpacked power relations including:
- between research institutes and communities; facilitators and participants; ‘experts’ and ‘experts by experience’; funders, policy-makers, grassroots movements
- in terms of research methodologies and qualitative and quantitative approaches
- in relation to socio-economic factors such as age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class, education, income, disability, health status
- Have developed a proposal for a participatory research project, or a critical participatory process of reflection on a past process, which recognises and addresses unequal power relations
The course is suitable for researchers or those commissioning research at any level in academic or government institutions who have an interest in participatory research which is co-produced with ‘experts by experience’. It is not necessary for course participants to have experience of conducting participatory research. Participants are invited to come with an idea for a participatory research project which we will develop over the course duration. No software is specified, but participants are recommended to bring laptops and be acquainted with Google Docs.
Cost:
The fee per teaching day is:
• £30 per day for UK/EU registered students
• £60 per day for staff at UK/EU academic institutions, UK/EU Research Councils researchers, UK/EU public sector staff and staff at UK/EU registered charity organisations and recognised UK/EU research institutions.
• £220 per day for all other participants
All fees include event materials, lunch, morning and afternoon tea. They do not include travel and accommodation costs.
Website and registration:
Region:
Greater London
Keywords:
Participatory Research, Emancipatory research, Inclusive research, Indigenous methodology, Participatory Action Research (PAR), User engagement, Action Research, Quality in Qualitative Research, Research Ethics, Research Policy, Alternative Methods of Dissemination
Related publications and presentations:
Participatory Research
Emancipatory research
Inclusive research
Indigenous methodology
Participatory Action Research (PAR)
User engagement
Action Research
Quality in Qualitative Research
Research Ethics
Research Policy
Alternative Methods of Dissemination