Amanda spends some time at the start of the workshop setting the scene for attendees. Why do you think she engages with us as viewers in this way? How do you or might you use scene setting in your own research practice?
P.S this is a good reading on confidence and creative methods if you haven't come across it before :) Rainford, J., 2020. Confidence and the effectiveness of creative methods in qualitative interviews with adults. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23(1), pp.109-122.
I found it really powerful! At the moment I am working on my final year disseration on international students' identities. For the workshop that I carried out and also the brief that i sent out to people beforehands, I tried to introduced zine to people (like the history, the function as a social movement tool such as during the feminist movement and the D.I.Y ethics). I also emphasised that the freedom of expressions that zines allow people to express themselves regardless of their artistic skills. I noticed some poeople before the workshop shared that they were worried that they are not creative. I found in this way, by emphasising zines are for everyone, people are more encouraged to do it. And actually their use of metaphors to express their identities such as the water flow, the roadmap...have been very impressive.
@Catherine Grasham Hi Catherine, each of them did their own zines in their own space because of the current situation but we all were making it togther at the same times on Zoom 😊
@Eva Sprecher [mod] Yes, i just thought about after the workshop because at first i felt really bad that i didn't really ask too much from the participants with the materials preparation since they voluntarily helped me with the project. Actually in the end it turned out that people could do whatever they want with any materials that are accessible to them. For my zines, i remembered me using tined foil as a mirror for reflection and some baking papers too 😊
Hi @Mindy Ptolomey - great to see you here tonight, the workshop delivery extraordinaire yourself! I found the setting the scene really fit with some of the components of feminist ethics of care that you talked about later in the workshop - e.g. accessibility and developing a sense of trust. When doing focus groups with care-experienced young people i'm always conscious that i'm asking them to disclose a lot about their own lives/stories and so for me it's important to share something of myself to even the playing field. My peer researcher came up with the two truths and a lie game to break the ice but focused on us as researchers which I thought was genius.
Love this use of two truths an a lie to flip power dynamics! Such a great idea and a great way to make reciprocity participant-led and fun when disclosure is almost always framed as something weighty (I appreciate it often is, but so cool to mix it up a bit!)
Hi Eva and Mindy! Great to be here again. Mindy, thanks so much for the great workshop, I have never come across Zines before and I think that they are a really interesting participatory tool. Scene setting is soooo important for making sure research participants understand what is going on.
Definitely agree with that - also I liked how @Mindy Ptolomey outlined what would/would not be covered as I feel like that really helps manage expectation and also potentially in a face-to-face situation could start a convo about if participants would want the convo to follow a different direction to that set by the researcher.
Do keep the conversation going here but just to let you know i've also posted Prompt 2 of the evening over in the main Forum! 😀
P.S this is a good reading on confidence and creative methods if you haven't come across it before :) Rainford, J., 2020. Confidence and the effectiveness of creative methods in qualitative interviews with adults. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23(1), pp.109-122.
I found it really powerful! At the moment I am working on my final year disseration on international students' identities. For the workshop that I carried out and also the brief that i sent out to people beforehands, I tried to introduced zine to people (like the history, the function as a social movement tool such as during the feminist movement and the D.I.Y ethics). I also emphasised that the freedom of expressions that zines allow people to express themselves regardless of their artistic skills. I noticed some poeople before the workshop shared that they were worried that they are not creative. I found in this way, by emphasising zines are for everyone, people are more encouraged to do it. And actually their use of metaphors to express their identities such as the water flow, the roadmap...have been very impressive.
Hi @Mindy Ptolomey - great to see you here tonight, the workshop delivery extraordinaire yourself! I found the setting the scene really fit with some of the components of feminist ethics of care that you talked about later in the workshop - e.g. accessibility and developing a sense of trust. When doing focus groups with care-experienced young people i'm always conscious that i'm asking them to disclose a lot about their own lives/stories and so for me it's important to share something of myself to even the playing field. My peer researcher came up with the two truths and a lie game to break the ice but focused on us as researchers which I thought was genius.
Hi Eva and Mindy! Great to be here again. Mindy, thanks so much for the great workshop, I have never come across Zines before and I think that they are a really interesting participatory tool. Scene setting is soooo important for making sure research participants understand what is going on.
Another bit of scene setting and thanks... I live on a very busy road and appreciate the sound was a bit dodgy in places. Thanks for sticking with it!
Thanks for this fab prompt @Eva would be interested to know some insights from your research practice too!