Online workshop on Remote research techniques: Accessible, Collaborative and Creative

This online event focuses on the realities of designing and using remote techniques as part of academic research. The session will hear from academics and PGRs who have used remote techniques including, but not limited to, Claymation Storytelling, Flexible Diaries, Participatory Video and Life Mapping. The session will be divided into two parts. The first part will consist of a panel discussion with four academics: Dr Kirsty Liddiard, Dr Lyndsey Stoodley, Dr Richard Gorman and Dr Sonja Marzi followed by a workshop led by PGRs: Poppy Budworth, Andy Harrod and Nancy Breton, all of whom have worked with remote methods. The panel will focus on the benefits and challenges of using remote/online methods, as well as the importance of remote techniques for accessibility and reach. The workshops will be interactive and provide opportunities to talk about your own methods and techniques. Both the panel discussion and the workshops will be centred on the themes of Accessibility, Collaboration, Creativity, Embodiment and Flexibility.

The life mapping workshop by Andy Harrod will focus on how using visual and creative methods recognises that there are other dimensions other than words, through which people can express their experiences. Life mapping is a method that enables participants to indicate important biographical events and changes that have occurred during their life.