Space, Power and Vision: Advanced Postgraduate Methods in Geographical
Research
Friday, 11 November 2016, 10:00 - 16:00
The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Berrill Lecture Theatre
This Day School will be of interest to qualitative researchers in Arts and
Humanities in Social Sciences interested in space, power and the future of
visual methods.
The Day School will engage with advanced methods in geographical research.
Power has been a topic in geographical research for a long time. In the
first half of the day Professor John Allen will look at different ways of
thinking about power, the variety of ways it can be registered, using an
example to draw out the differences and similarities between approaches. He
will also explore what difference geography and space can possibly make to
the way power works. This will be followed by workshops with Dr Johanna
Wadsley and Dr Pete Wood looking at finer aspects of power. The second half
of the day will focus on the expanding field of visual research methods,
particularly as the image-heavy social media platforms become increasingly
common. Professor Gillian Rose will suggest that if images are to continue
to be taken as useful tools in understanding social life, this may well
require a radical expansion of visual research methods. She will argue that
visual research methods must engage more fully with the range of issues
raised by the fact that so much of contemporary everyday visual culture is
created and shared digitally. This will be followed by workshops with Dr
Esther Ruiz-Ben and Ms Kim Hammond on visualization methods and digital
histories of environmental change.
This is a FREE event but registration is required at details below: Please
register by downloading the below attached Word Document, and email your
completed form to: [log in to unmask]
More information:http://www.open.ac.uk/researchcentres/osrc/events/space-power-and-vision-ad
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