Spring into Methods – Methods that Move: Affective methods for qualitative researchers

The workshop explores the ‘turn to affect’ in qualitative research.  Affective research methods can be described as methods which move us; and which have a sensitivity to the embodied and emotional capacities of the researcher and those they study.  Here boundaries between research and researcher are imploded, as they entangle in simultaneous becoming.

• Introduce participants to the role of affect in qualitative methods.
• Explore how the notion of affect connects to the more-than-human, and an ethic of care in research.
• Develop confidence in researchers and provide possibilities for action when it comes to doing methods differently.

As part of the workshop, participants will engage in practical exercises to explore different aspects of affective research methods in the context of their own study. Through these exercises participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own researcher becoming.  There will be lots of time for reflection, discussion and sharing experience.