Seminar Series COVID-19 brings a myriad of challenges for scholars around the world. In rising to these challenges, many of us need to think creatively about our research design and … Continue reading New Seminar Series: Methodologies (in) Conversations
Session 1 – Fieldwork & Interviews This session will be focused on two concrete, and often interconnected, methods: fieldwork and interviews. In it, we aim to share reflections and experiences concerning good and bad practices, as well as potential advice that may help others. The processes of conducting fieldwork and interviews will be examined and common concerns, pitfalls, and potentialities … Continue reading Methodologies (in) Conversations: Session 1 – Fieldwork & Interviews
Movie Screening and Discussion – 12 November, 5.55pm We will be hosting a movie screening of “Sorry we missed you”, film by Ken Loach and a discussion on “precarious lives in the gig economy”. The screening will start at 5.55pm at Belmont Filmhouse (49 Belmont St) on 12 November, followed by the discussion at the bar … Continue reading Movie Screening and Discussion
This session aims to provide reflections for scholars using both empirical and non-empirical methods about the role and impact of the researcher on and within their research. It may addresses questions such as the power relations existing between researcher and researched, the position of researchers in relation to the social world in which they work … Continue reading Methodologies (in) Conversations: Session 2 – Positionality & Reflexivity
