ESW Research-in-Progress Seminar
Wednesday 11th February, Fulton 203
1-2pm
Andrea Jones, Doctoral researcher, PhD in Social Work and Social Care,
presents:
Analysis of Qualitative Research Interviews: an alternative method to
using transcripts
Interviews of some sort remain the dominant form of ‘data gathering’ for
qualitative researchers across diverse disciplines. Transcribing interviews is
a well-established part of the practice of analysing interviews.
Andrea wishes to use her Research-in-Progress seminar to show (literally)
how she has found an alternative way to analyse her interviews using audio
recordings instead of written transcripts. This method is located within her
epistemological approach, questioning what is given in interviews and
building on an existing debate about the complexities involved in using
transcripts. She will present material from recently conducted interviews in
different formats to explore the pros and cons of the different practical
methods for reflecting on, analysing and sharing interview material.
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2-3pm
Ann Emerson, Doctoral researcher, PhD in Education, presents:
Educating Pakistan’s Daughters: Citizenship education in one girl’s
school and the implications for peacebuilding
Ann’s research aims to contribute to the growing literature that connects
education to peacebuilding, with a specific focus on the role that citizenship
education plays in either contributing to or mitigating underlying causes of
conflict.
Her research unpacks how curriculum and policy, day-to-day school practice,
and teachers’ perspectives form what is taught about citizenship, conflict, and
peace in a secondary school in Islamabad, Pakistan. Utilizing critical
education theory and drawing upon multidimensional citizenship and
intersectionality, Ann will show how education reproduces economic
inequalities and the school preserves and distributes cultural capital, which in
conflict affected contexts like Pakistan are often related to root causes of
conflict.
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Research-in-Progress seminars take place on the first Wednesday of every month in term
time.They provide a space for discussion and debate of any research projects or issues
within the School of Education and Social Work that students and faculty are involved in.
They typically involve a short presentation of around 25 mins, a short “buzz” period for/among
participants and then questions and discussion.