Hi,
Andrew Clark at Leeds (NCRM/ESRC Real Life Node) and us at the International
Centre for Participation, University of Bradford have been talking a little
over the past few days and have in a mad moment, got caught up in the idea of
submitting a bid to set up a one year participatory methods network. It would
be extending on and deviating off from the work that you all started last year.
The aim would be to set up a network to look at the connection between
participatory methods and theory. It would be nominally led by us here at ICPS
(only because I’m based here!) but collaborated on/ co-proposed by a bunch of
people around England and Wales.
I’m hoping that some of you from the PV network would be interested in feeding
in to (either co-proposing/ advising us with this bid; helping with themes;
giving us ideas so that it is useful to you and your needs -it’s to help us
carry on working together from the start made by the PV network; suggesting
speakers, persuading people to be part of it etc etc. and if we could possibly
see a copy of your successful bid for the PV network Chris, that would really
help. There is a short turn around time but it would be great to have a
conversation and try to add in some of your ideas.
For those who may want refreshing about what ESRC would be looking for, the
application form and details are available at
http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/news/announcements/showAnnounce.php?article=5031
basically they want "applications for Networks for Methodological Innovation
projects. The aim of this scheme is to enable networks of researchers to meet
in order to stimulate debate and develop ideas in relation to methodological
innovation. The scheme allows a series of events and related activities to be
undertaken over a period of twelve months commencing in April 2009. NCRM will
typically fund two projects per year, with a maximum budget of £24,000 per
project. Applications are invited on any methodological topic, suggested topics
are: interdisciplinary working; mixed methods and data integration; new forms of
data and/or data collection; and finally, research evidence for policy.
Applications are welcome from all social science disciplines."
So.....I brain stormed ideas around this with Andrew and Jenny Pearce (our
Director) as I had been thinking about a series like this as part of my post
doc (which I’m hoping that I will get but,
you never know, I could be miserably unemployed come January). We came up with
some suggestions for putting in an application which you will find below. This
is a rough idea but at present thinking is along the following (very rough!)
lines. Do also feel free to add/ comment/ subtract etc etc as your wisdom/
contacts etc lead. I may also be cheeky and post a
copy of the more final bid for final comments later.
Title: Making a Change: Participatory Methods, Government and Policy (sexier
suggestions welcomed)
PI: Dr EJ Milne, ICPS University of Bradford
Co Investigators (suggested not approached yet. Tell me if you would like to be
added!)
Drs Andrew Clarke and Nick Emmel, NCRM/ ESRC Leeds Uni
Dr Caroline Holland and Prof Sheila Peace (OU)
Prof Jenny, Dr Graeme Chesters, ICPS, Uni Bradford
Dr Joanna Wheeler and some others at IDS
and anyone else suggested to be involved below who wants to go
on it plus anyone out there who is willing to sign up to this... just let me
know).
Events: 4x 2 day events at different locations around England and Wales
1. ICPS, Dept of Peace Studies, Uni Bradford
Theorising Participatory Methods
2. Open Uni or Birmingham (depending on who wants it!)
Participatory Methods and Policy Making
3. London/ Northumbria/ Durham/ Newcastle (depending on who wants it!)
Participatory Research Methods and Government
4. IDS, Uni of Sussex
Participatory Media in Research
Theme:
‘Taking stock but moving forward’. A lot of work has been done over the past
decade which looks at Participatory Methods however this seems to have been
done in silos. This series of events will allow a network of academics, policy
makers, those involved in making government and grassroots practitioners to
come together to reflect on where participatory research is going in the UK? We
aim to provide a network thinks critically about the past to see what has been
learnt and to reflect what
in the field of study could be taken further. It will be a year where we take
stock of where we have got to in the theoretical process, with our tools and
practices and where we will critically reflect as to whether participatory
theory and methods have been successful in building/ feeding in to policy and
discussing how we can move forward to better enable us to affect policy and
bring participation to a wider audience.
Make up:
We would envisage each 2 day event as being a combination of the following:
1. 2x 30 minute presentations from key note speakers. These will be more theory
based
2. reflective spaces where 2/3 facilitators would have 10-15 mins to throw out
some ideas/ thoughts to facilitate critical reflections and discussions. These
sessions would last around 1 and ½ hours.
3. Workshop spaces where facilitators will run activity spots so that people can
participate in different trying out/ thinking through/ debating/ critiquing
different participatory methods/ techniques/ theory.
Overview
1. Theorising Participatory Methods, ICPS
John Gaventa (IDS)
Jenny Pearce (ICPS)
Peter Reason (Bath)
Sarah White (Bath)
Frances Cleaver and Tom Cockburn (BCID/ SSIS/ ICPS Bradford)
Sam Hickey and Giles Mohanty (Mancs)
Mike Kesby (St Andrews – Participation and Power)
and...hoping that people will suggest other/ different key participation
theorists who we could invite to facilitate/ speak
2. Participatory Methods and Policy Making, Open Uni or Birmingham Uni
event with thinking/ workshops/ papers with following invited to present:
Caroline Holland and Sheila Peace (OU, policy towards older people)
Jenny Phillimore (Birmingham, housing policy)
JRF Team (ICPS community development policy)
Wahidda Shaffi (Muslim Women's Peace Activist Bradford)
Duncan Fuller (Northumbria and with RGS-IBG participatory Geographies, would you
be interested Duncan?)
Anni Raw (Freelance Consultant in Art and Participation)
Team from Lancaster on Community based arts and policy making (Can’t remember
their name!) (??)
3. Participatory Research Methods and Government (location up for grabs)
Participatory Budgeting ESRC ICPS practitioner fellows (??)
Participatory Budgeting Unit, Manchester
Karl Oxford Yorks and Humber Regional Govt
????
Please suggest things/ people for here.... to include academics, govt, civil
service, think tanks, policy makers, practitioners/ activists
4. Participatory Media, IDS
Andrew Clark and Nick Emmel (leeds Research using mobile technology)
Latin America and Community Participation (x 2 people from Cartagena)
Joanne Wheeler IDS (+2 people from her PV project in Rio)
Playback Theatre, Liverpool (Participatory Theatre)
Steve from Abuja, Nigeria
Catchermedia, UK (young people and Participatory Video (would you be interested
in taking part?) )
Photography and participation (EJ or Ian Kaplin Leeds met/ Mancs Uni?)
Chris Atton (Napier University, alternative media)
Indymedia (grassroots media activists, alternative media)
As I said if you want to add, subtract, contribute ideas ( especially around
names who could come and facilitate and how to tie it all together then please
do. The deadline is on the 20th so we would have to move fast.
Hoping that we can possibly put things together. Im having a meeting up here
tomorrow (weds) afternoon to discuss it/ flesh it out further. Know it is short
notice so thoughts can come in after that if you cant fit it in te very short
time I have given (!) We haven’t officially
approached anyone as yet (as those of you on the list will realise!) so they
really are all up for grabs and discussion. Similarly, if you personally know
names on the list
it would be great if you could let me know...you may be able to persuade them
better than an out of the blue email by me, an unknown!
all the best
EJ
Dr EJ Milne
Research Fellow
International Centre for Participation Studies
Department of Peace Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
tel: 00 44 (0)1274 235419
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/peace/
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/peace/staff/support/milne_e/
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