Speakers
Description
This workshop draws on the latest thinking and practices of the ethics co-laboratory (e-co-lab) approach developed by the ethics working group of the International Collaboration for Participatory Research. The e-co-lab is a collaborative working space and methodology for critical exploration of ethical issues in participatory research. The space is characterised by openness (sharing, risk-taking, experimenting - a ‘brave space’) and boundedness (protected time, a holding space for challenging experiences and emotions - a ‘safe space’). The methodology is grounded in a participatory paradigm, valuing inclusivity, diversity and engagement in research for social transformation; and a conception of ethics as embodied, embedded and entangled in people, their everyday practices and the contexts in which the practices are situated.
Our methods focus on in-depth, slow exploration of real-life ethics cases from different perspectives and positions, taking account of spatial and social positioning. This involves case discussions, creative writing, dancing and participatory theatre.
This workshop will focus on visualising a case and its context, using drawing, collaging and other creative methods to view the case microscopically and telescopically, ultimately leading to a vari-focal viewing of its ecosystem and the problematization, identification and mapping of its social justice strands. We may consider the question: ‘What does this case and our viewing and analysis of it tell us about the moral ecology of social justice in participatory research?’
| Presenting Author | Sarah Banks |
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| University | Durham University, UK |
| s.j.banks@durham.ac.uk |