Session: Embodied perspectives on innovative research methodology

Time: Tuesday 3rd July, 15:45 - 17:15

Convenors:

Dr Jennifer Leigh (Lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Practice, University of Kent)
Mrs Nicole Brown (University College London, IoE)

Abstract Details

Innovation in methodology means considering new ways of knowing and researching. Within current discourses of methodological development the relationship between researcher and researched is largely disconnected from the body. Taking an embodied perspective would mean accepting knowledge is embodied and tacit, radically challenging dualistic and bounded assumptions about the nature and foundations of enquiry.

Our session explores four perspectives of embodiment within research, discussing how it informs questions of methodology:

• What constitutes an embodied perspective in research?
• Why might a researcher work from an embodied perspective?
• What methodological choices result?
• What are the implications for the (co-)production of knowledge?

The level of the session is: Accessible

Presentation details

Presentation 1

Start time: 15:45

Presentation title: Embodied belonging: Attention to the sensory in migration ethnographies.

Presenter:

Ms Jessica Bradley (Lecturer in Education, Institute of Childhood and Education, Leeds Trinity )

Presentation 2

Start time: 16:05

Presentation title: The embodied researcher: Reflexivity and creative methodologies.

Presenter:

Mrs Nicole Brown (Lecturer in Education, UCL IoE)

Presentation 3

Start time: 16:25

Presentation title: Using embodied drama techniques in intercultural research

Presenter:

Dr Lou Harvey (Lecturer in Language Education, University of Leeds)

Presentation 4

Start time: 16:45

Presentation title: Provoking honesty: Using creative methods to capture embodied experiences

Presenter:

Dr Jennifer Leigh (Lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Practice, University of Kent)