led by Naomi McGookin, PhD student at Glasgow Caledonian University
This half day workshop is aimed at students early on in their PhD journey and is a peer-to-peer training event facilitated by a final year PhD student/early career researcher. The first session will focus on defining co-creation, critically thinking about the issues in co-creation and doctoral projects, ethics, participant recruitment and engagement and will introduce attendees to different creative methods (Photovoice, poetic inquiry, open letter writing, exhibitions) that can be used for data collection and dissemination of results. Participants in the workshop will be asked to think about creative methods they can bring to their own projects. The second session will be interactive and will involve a mini workshop for attendees to practice creative methods and build confidence implementing these into research design. The day will conclude with a session on troubleshooting, reflection and group discussion. There are no requirements of prior training to attend this workshop and they are open to all interested in using creative methods to collect, analyse and disseminate data.
The event is particularly suited to students from pathways who are conducting qualitative research with a view to working with hard to reach populations or those with language barriers. This event would have particular relevance for Health, Wellbeing and Communities as well as Social Inequalities pathways as students could utilise the learning to improve their research and generate more nuanced findings.
Before coming to the workshop, attendees should consider how they view their “researcher self” and capture a photo (or poem, picture, zine!) that represents this. This will form part of the “data set” that will be used in the workshop. Attendees should email this ahead of time to Naomi McGookin (email below) or bring it along on the day.