Past event Part of series: Researching Youth – Methods Seminar Series
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The second session in our Researching Youth Seminar series will unpack creative methods, the first of two sessions focusing on the foregrounding, and critique, of the ways in which creative methods are used with young people in a range of settings.
Our two speakers will explore the emotional response to, and practical application of, creative methodologies.
James Duggan will share his experience working on the collaborative Loneliness Connects Us Project based at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and in conjunction with 42nd Street. He will focus on his utilisation of the concept of the ‘carousel of methods’, expanding and broadening both creative pedagogy, thinking and practice with young people. This participatory project developed capacity of youth researchers to create new narratives of loneliness.
Thalia Thereza Assan will present her PhD research, which explores intersections of friendship and political participation in the lives of Black girls and Girls of Colour in Scotland. She will speak about designing her research to provide meaningful and enjoyable engagements for participants. She will focus on the creative methods she used, such as photovoice, mapping and writing, and how she adapted her research due to Covid-19.
Between each of the short presentations, there will be a chance for attendee’s to ask questions, in the Q&A. Also there will be an opportunity to discuss the themes and topics raised in breakout rooms.
| 10:00 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 10:05 | Exploring relational aspects of girls’ political participation through a multi-method approach Thalia Thereza Assan, The University of Edinburgh |
| 10:25 | Q&A Discussion |
| 10:35 | A carousel of creative methods: Co-producing research on youth loneliness using process and speculative approaches James Duggan, Manchester Metropolitan University |
| 10:55 | Q&A Discussion |
| 11:05 | Breakout Room |
| 11:20 | Concluding remarks |
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Lecturer at Birmingham City University
Eveleigh Buck-Matthews is a Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University. She is Deputy Chair of the Participatory Geography Research Group and Co-convenor of the British Sociological Association Youth Study Group.
PhD Student at University of Manchester
Sophie Atherton is a PhD candidate in Sociology, supervised by Dr Petra Nordqvist and Professor Sue Heath. Her research investigates the experiences and representation of transgender and non-binary students at secondary school in the UK and...
PhD student at University of Edinburgh
Thalia Thereza Assan is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. Her research, now in the writing-up stage, examines the importance of friendship in the political lives of Black girls and Girls of Colour in Scotland.
Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University
I am a Research Fellow in the School of Childhood, Youth and Education Studies, in the Faculty of Education. My research interests are in exploring the productive tensions between community-based and public sector ways of organising. I am...
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Since 1950, the objectives of our Association have been ‘to promote the development of political studies and to encourage education and the advancement of learning in the art and science of government and in other branches of the political sciences’. From democracy to dictatorship and local councils to international organisations, Political Studies examines how power is obtained, kept, lost, mobilised, divided, used and abused. It asks who gains and who loses from these processes and why. Politics is studied in theory and in practice, often using scientitic methods.
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