A LETTER TO…. AMAZING &
RESILIENT WOMEN: I THANK YOU!
Dr Deborah Phillips, Combined
Universities of Cornwall. Cornwall
College,
SOCIAL HISTORY LEARNING
DISABILITY CONFERENCE JUNE
18TH / 19TH 2015
PLAN OF SESSION
• INTRODUCTION
• BACKGROUND TO RESEARCH
PROJECT
• EVERYONE HAD A STORY TO
TELL!!
• ILLUSTRATIONS AND LETTERS
• REFLECTIONS / ENDINGS /
BEGINNINGS?
INTRODUCTION &
BACKGROUND
• INSPIRATION!!
• RESEARCH PROJECT: Theme of
‘identity’. 24 women in 3 different
UK locations. Participatory/
Narrative/ Oral History approach.
Snowball technique. My ‘role’.
Confidentiality. Everyone had a
story to tell.
• NOW A PUBLIC THANKYOU
REFLECTIONS / ENDINGS/
BEGINNINGS and THANKS
• What did the participants get out of
it? ‘Put our lives in order’ Made
individual tapes
• Impact on me as researcher
• A final THANKYOU for being honest,
sincere, funny, inspirational, scary,
dynamic… in many respects you all
changed my life in many ways.
Finally….any questions?