Participatory Systems Mapping

Date:

23/03/2020 - 25/03/2020

Organised by:

University of Surrey

Presenter:

Dr Pete Barbrook-Johnson, Dr Alexandra Penn

Level:

Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)

Contact:

Day Courses Administrator
Tel +44(0)1483 689458
Email: daycourses@surrey.ac

Map:

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Venue:

University of Surrey

Description:

Many issues in the social world involve the interaction of multiple factors from different domains which may be difficult or impossible to quantify. Often knowledge about an issue will be distributed between different types of stakeholders, who may not communicate meaningfully. Successful interventions or management in these circumstances require collaboratively generated whole system understanding. This course will introduce you to the innovative participatory systems mapping methodology being developed by researchers in the Centre for Research in Social Simulation and Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus, in the Department of Sociology, which allows researchers to bring together diverse knowledge and stakeholders in order to construct shared causal maps of an issue or system. The course will introduce participants to the theory behind, and analytical approaches to, systems maps, as well as significant time spent in hands-on practical workshops building a map of their own. Time will also be given to considering the wider value and use of participatory modelling approaches such as systems mapping.

 

The workshops will be focused on constructing and refining maps of participants’ areas of interest, with short lectures dotted throughout on background, approaches to analysis, and participatory modelling. The group construction of the map will also be interspersed with group reflection sessions considering the intersubjective process of participatory causal mapping. These will allow participants to develop the understanding and ability to construct, or facilitate the construction of, effective maps, and gain an understanding of group dynamics during participatory processes and how these might impact on models produced.

Cost:

Varies according to status:
• £595- Government/commercial sector
• £495 - Educational/charitable sector
• £395 - Students.

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Region:

South East

Keywords:

Participatory Research, Participatory Systems , Mapping

Related publications and presentations:

Participatory Research

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