On transitions, change and continuity…
This time five years ago I was busy drafting job descriptions for the recruitment of those strangers that would eventual make up the wonderful team of colleagues that have been […]
Tag Archives: methodology
Making connections under the banyan tree and other such spaces
Melissa and Christos reflect on methods in multimodal ethnography to think about how these might relate to knowledge exchange
Photo/stories from the field: inside out
Melissa Nolas shares an extract from her fieldnotes, where a reaction to a sarong in a window emblematizes the boundary work in ethnographic research
Whose voices are heard? Towards a more comprehensive ‘Brexit’ picture
Alexandra Bulat discusses her use of drawings, flipcharts and comment cards as multimodal ethnography for researching attitudes towards EU immigration
Experimenting with ‘live methods’
The Connectors Team reflect on our recent exhibition as ‘live methods’ and offer a summary of the work we’ve been doing during 2017
Drawing, sounds and play: understanding children’s viewpoints and participation
Francesca Vaghi reflects on our Making Connections workshop and explores how idioms can be used for interpretation and analysis of ‘mundane’ everyday life
Multimodal reflections on the making connections workshop
Elsie Whittington gives a multimodal reflection on her experience of our recent making connections workshop, with audio contributions from Dr Rebecca Webb
Lost in translation?
Dr Martin Bittner reflects on his own research and experiences of working across cultures, exploring a theory and methodology of translation
Photo/Stories from the field: An encounter with an unsolicited stranger
Dr Vinnarasan Aruldoss describes strangers interrupting research dynamics and flows, touching on the ethical challenge for privacy in close-knit communities
Photo/Stories from the field: Splat!
Dr Sevasti-Melissa Nolas reflects on pain and embodiment in the research process, and how children adapted their game playing to be more inclusive