Under the remit of ‘Reframing Research’, peer-to-peer training sessions will focus on a variety of topics including Archival Research; Fieldwork; Case studies; Methods of Analysis; Issues relating to Translating from other Languages; the Strengths and Challenges of a field-focused approach; How to Mitigate the Restrictions on Fieldwork as a result of the COVID pandemic. Researchers from all pathways are welcome.
Each session will last 45 minutes, and will be held on Microsoft Teams. These virtual training sessions are purposely shorter than the in-person face-to-face training traditionally provided by SGSSS to provide a more appropriate duration for the virtual environment.
Please see the event progamme below for more information.
| Time Start | Session Title | Contributors |
| Monday | ||
| 10:00 | Introductions and Discussion | |
| 11:15 | “Researcher Positionality and the Negotiation of Access in the Field” | Elisa Gambino & Kamau Wairuri |
| 12:15 | The use of video-data in fieldwork | Shawn Bodden & Daniel Munoz |
| Tuesday | ||
| 10:00 | Grassroots Partnerships in Fieldwork | Molly Brooks |
| 11:00 | Elite interviewing training session | Irena Baboi |
| 12:30 | Networking Lunch | |
| 13:45 | Negotiating Fieldwork Access and Conducting Research in a Crisis Context | Brooks Marmon |
| 14:45 | Conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews in the textile and apparel sector in Mombasa and Nairobi | Lauren Engels |
| Wednesday | ||
| 10:00 | “What’s in a word? Translation in the Field” | Josephine Zimba & Viktoria Noka |
| 11:00 | A Practical Introduction to Archival Research | Liisi Karjus |
| 12:00 | How to Mitigate Restrictions on (Overseas) Fieldwork as a result of the COVID pandemic Possible Reorientation Strategies in Qualitative Research | Sophie Peng & Julia Schwab |
| 12:45 | Closing | |
| 13:15 | End |