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Realities, part of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods
Based in the Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life

Training Workshops : Sensory Methods

*Date: 14 May 2009 (10am - 4pm)

Location: Whitworth Council Chamber, Whitworth Building, University of Manchester

Workshop organiser: Stewart Muir

Workshop programme

Time Session
10.00 Registration, tea and coffee
  Session 1: Apprehending the senses
10.30

Welcome and introduction

Stewart Muir

10.35

Practical and critical uses of sound recording: miliary aircraft noise and the soundscapes of memory in Okinawa, Japan

Rupert Cox (University of Manchester)

* View presentation slides (p d f opens in new window

11.30

Sniffing around - Method, meaning and the importance of Dior Farenheit in a prison setting

Anita Wilson (Lancaster University)

* View presentation slides (p d f opens in new window

12.30 Lunch
  Session 2: Workshop
1.30

Mapping the city: A multisensory method workshop

Mags Adams (University of Salford)

In this session, participants will gain practical experience collecting sensory data. The session will include exercises undertaken outside the classroom. Please remember to wear comfortable shoes and let us know if you have any mobility problems.

See Hearing the city: Reflections on soundwalking (link opens in new window by Mags Adams (2009) Qualitative Researcher 10, p6-9 for a discussion of this methodological approach.

4.00 Close

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