Hello, and apologies for yet another request for
info/ideas - I have some of my own sometimes, honest.
I'm currently writing something that is essentially
a student/undergraduate guide to 'how to ensure you don't do major
damage when/if researching in collaboration with, or undertaking activism with
'real people' (aka 'civilians'!!) outside
universities' - that's the polite version anyway. I'm
interested in the kind of advice student researchers are given, or that you
feel they ought to be given; are there any golden rules on how (again, student)
researchers should behave? How can damage be avoided? What works, what
doesn't? What do student researchers have difficulty with, and why?
What might be in it for them/why it might be a good idea to collaborate, or
undertake activism that might benefit someone other than themselves? Why
might it not be? You get the drift? Any real life suggestions/ideas
examples are most welcome, and will of course be acknowledged in the work (if
you want them to be!). Please forward at will - I'm
particularly interested in views from those undertaking such work (research
students, undergraduates...?).
Cheers
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Division of Geography
NE1 8ST
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Mapping Tranquillity - http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/consultres/map_tranquil/?view=Standard
Exploring solutions to 'graffiti'
in
'Local to me': Advancing Financial
Inclusion in
Participatory Geographies Working
Group of the RGS/IBG (PyGyWG)- http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/pygywebsite/
Geo-publishing.org - http://www.may.ie/nirsa/geo-pub/geo-pub.html
Radical Theory/Critical Praxis:
Making a Difference Beyond the Academy?
http://www.praxis-epress.org/availablebooks/radicaltheorycriticalpraxis.html