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Creative Methods in Gender & Sexuality. Sociology, University of Manchester and Social Sciences, Open University
Wednesday 9 April 2014 2pm - 6pm rooms 5.205 - 5.206, University Place
It is useful to get away from the standard stories that people often tell in research and through standard methods. Creative ways of conducting research often yield data which is different from and richer than that yielded by interviews, focus groups and questionnaires. Similarly, when we are doing public engagement and research dissemination, such methods can help people to think differently about sex and challenge popular/media representations.
The idea of this half day event - a mixture of presentations and experiential workshops - is to share experience and knowledge, focusing on creative methods in research and practice and in dissemination. Activities are likely to include creative writing around intimacy, desire, and sex; craft and creative play to present narratives; using creative methods to get to different stories about sex; comedy; photographic methods; estrangement activities; and experiments and tools for collaborative production.
Also introducing and considering the 'bad sex media' bingo card as a way of challenging problematic media depictions!
Further enquiries to: Dr Paul Simpson, Sociology Ext 66881 or
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Paul Simpson
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