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Visual Ethnography - Techne Training and Development

This 3-day workshop will introduce postgraduate researchers to practical elements of visual ethnography.

By Techne Doctoral Training Partnership

Date and time

Mon, 5 Jun 2023 10:00 - Wed, 7 Jun 2023 15:00 GMT+1

Location

Kingston School of Art, Knights Park

Grange Road Kingston upon Thames KT1 2QJ United Kingdom

About this event

This 3-day workshop will introduce postgraduate researchers to practical elements of visual ethnography. PGRs will be introduced to the basics of observational fieldwork, and then undertake a practical fieldwork exercise. The workshop will give PGRs opportunity to directly use ethnographic methods, actively reflect on this activity, and consider the application of these methods in their PhD projects.

The workshop welcomes researchers in visual arts disciplines as well as from other disciplines whose thesis entails elements of visual ethnography. A maximum of 15 PhD students can participate.

Day 1 – Knights Park Campus and online per individual preference

Welcome by workshop leaders and introductions

Participants’ 5-minute introductions to their research project and themselves

Introduction to Visual Ethnography

Visual Ethnography methodologies in practice

Guest speaker presentation by Nelson Mota, TU Delft

Lunch

Group discussion: How might visual ethnography work for me?

Bag ethnography - practice session and report back

Fieldwork briefing and preparation

Day 2 – Off Campus

Fieldwork - participant ethnographic exercise

This exercise will be completed independently by participants.

Identify a suitable public location / context, and plan and conduct appropriate ethnographic activities. Where will you go? What will you do? What material will you generate?

Prepare a 6-slide presentation for delivery on Day 3, to include:

1. where did you go? – why there?

2. What was it like? – give details of the environment / context

3. who else was there?

4. what did you do? – e.g. questions you asked

5. what did you learn? - insights

6. How do you reflect on the experience?

Day 3 – Knights Park Campus and Online (on campus for those participants that prefer to meet face to face, online for those who prefer, with no disadvantage)

Reporting back: participants’ 6-slide presentations

Lunch

Exercise: “How might I use design ethnography in my PhD?”

Ethnographic practice and research ethics

Leaders / facilitators

Dr Paul Micklethwaite, Kingston School of Art London

Dr Nelson Mota, University of Delft

Dr Christoph Lueder, Kingston School of Art London

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