Methods Talk

In this Methods Talk episode, we talk to Dr Amir Raki (University of Liverpool), Dr Ilma Nur Chowdhury (University of Manchester) and Prof Judy Zolkiewski (University of Manchester).   Amir, Ilma and Judy collaborate on a project focused on the charity sector. A key methodological concern of their work is to adopt an approach where the organisations they work with feel involved throughout the rese...

In this Methods Talk episode we talk to Prof Sophie Woodward (University of Manchester), Jolene Sheehan (Joy Ethic) and Dr Benjamin Wild (Manchester Metropolitan University).   Sophie, Jolene and Ben use storytelling and narratives in their work in various ways. In this episode they talk about the power of stories and their experiences using them, both as an academic research method and a means of...

In this episode of Methods Talk we talk with Dr. Njabulo Chipangura from Manchester Museum.   Njabulo is the Museum’s Curator of Living Cultures. He is responsible for the care of more than 25,000 objects from different parts of the world and his work includes building active collaborative provenance research with diaspora and descendant communities. Our discussion focused on this collaborative ap...

In this Methods Talk episode we talk to Dr Elizabeth Ackerley and Dr Laura Fenton, both from University of Manchester and members of the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives.   Liz and Laura are researchers on the Austerity and Altered Life-Courses project and discuss a range of creative approaches to oral history methods.   The Austerity and Altered Life-Courses team have been exploring...

In this episode of Methods Talk, we talk to Dr Chloe Steadman from Institute of Place Management, Manchester Metropolitan University, about her reflections on researcher vulnerability. Chloe talks about her experiences as a researcher, particularly in relation to her PhD work focused on bodies and tattoo consumption. The discussion draws on a workshop she did for methods@manchester and her recent...

In this episode we talk to Professor Kathy Hamilton, University of Strathclyde, about her involvement in the CRIS Collective and work focused on collaborative work adopting an ethics of care approach and incorporating poetry as method. To access the work discussed here please see: CRIS Collective 2023 “Let there be a “We”: introducing an ethics of collective academic care", European Journal of Mar...