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Dear Frances Rapport, If you'd like us to send this to a narratives elist, I'd be happy to do so - we'd need a text version within a message rather than an attachment, though Good luck with the event - it looks good! Yours, Corinne Squire Dr. Corinne Squire Reader in Social Sciences Centre for Narrative Research School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies University of East London Docklands Campus 4-6 University Way London E16 2RD ________________________________ From: Performative Social Science on behalf of Rapport F.L. Sent: Tue 15/11/2005 10:09 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The network Introductions: I am Frances Rapport, Julian Tudor Hart Senior Research Fellow at Swansea University in the UK. I have been following discussions within the group with some interest, having worked closely with Kip for a number of years now both in Leicester and since. My own interest is in how advances are being made in qualitative methodology to: A) most appropriately ask and answer research questions through a movement away from traditional data collection methods, B) Broaden the scope of qualitative methodology to explore what I describe as the 'Edgelands' within qualitative research , both in terms of methodological theory development and the application of theory to practice through method. (See for interest: "New Qualitative Methodologies in Health and Social Care Research" (ed FR) 2004, Routledge, and paper published in Medical Humanities, "Of the Edgelands..." 2005). In an attempt to explore these issues further, I have been running Masterclasses here at Swansea University for the past four years. They have brought expert speakers to Swansea to broach these topics (including Kip, Eliott Mishler, Art Frank, Cathy Kohler Reissman and many others) and have encouraged a wide range of participants from mixed disciplinary backgrounds to discuss their work with the speakers and explore how advances in the field are progressing. For anyone in this group interested, 2006 is going to be an exciting year. Not only do I have two wonderful Masterclasses planned (Peter Collins and Andrew Cooper see attached), but also a Colloquium event examining the relationship between qualitative methodology and the arts 'The Researcher as Artist'. The attached pdf document will tell you all about these events and if interested, how to register. Or alternatively, you could check it out on www.medicine.swan.ac.uk/events Look forward to hearing from others in this stimulating group. Best wishes Kip and all, keep up the good work! Frances Rapport _____________________________________________ Dr Frances Rapport Julian Tudor Hart Senior Research Fellow Primary Care Group Swansea Clinical School University of Wales Swansea Grove Building Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP [UWS CAMPUS] http://www.medicine.swan.ac.uk/ www.swansea.ac.uk T: 0044 (0) 1792 513497 F: 0044 (0) 1792 513430