Uncertainty, language, and care: Interpretation in creative methodologies

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In-person workshop exploring the possibilities and complexities of interpreting data in creative methodologies

Institute for Medical Humanities • Confluence Building • Durham University

Join <a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/hazel-marzetti" title="https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/hazel-marzetti" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hazel Marzetti </a>and <a href="https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/veronica-heney/" title="https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/veronica-heney/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Veronica Heney</a> on Monday 11th March for a workshop exploring the possibilities and complexities of interpreting data in creative methodologies. Working creatively with research participants is often proffered as a way through which researchers can avoid imposing their own frameworks and language upon people's experiences and epistemologies. However, this often leaves untouched the issue of interpretation, and the method through which such data will be written about, described, and disseminated. This workshop will explore this complexity, allowing researchers to share, discuss, and collectively examine their own ways of working and responding to data.The workshop will begin with a short presentation from Hazel Marzetti, drawing on her work in the Suicide in/as Politics project, where she used arts-based, qualitative inquiry to explore how diverse community members respond to and make sense of political meanings and uses of suicide. The group will then engage in wide-ranging, facilitated discussion on the issues brought forward in the presentation, with opportunities to share experiences, difficulties and questions and to think collectively about good practice and how to approach interpretation with care.The workshop will be in-person only and booking is required. The workshop will be held in the atrium of the Institute for Medical Humanities, in the<a href="https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/medical-humanities/contact-us/" title="https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/medical-humanities/contact-us/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Confluence Building</a>, Lower Mountjoy. The workshop will run from 3.30-5pm on Monday 11th March, and tea, coffee, and light refreshments will be provided. About <a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/hazel-marzetti" title="https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/hazel-marzetti" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Hazel Marzetti </a>:I am an interdisciplinary, qualitative health researcher working on the topic of suicide and suicide prevention, with specialist expertise in LGBTQ+ suicide. My work is situated at the intersection of medical sociology, psychology, and critical public health, with substantial experience researching sensitive subjects with marginalised communities. I enjoy using a range of qualitative research methods, including creative, arts-based practices using poetry and the visual arts. I currently work on the Leverhulme funded Suicide in/as Politics project, but will shortly be commencing a five-year Wellcome Trust funded Early Career Award exploring LGBTQ+ suicide and suicide prevention through the life course. This workshop is brought to you by the <a href="https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/discovery-research-platform-for-medical-humanities/labs/narrative-practices/" title="https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/discovery-research-platform-for-medical-humanities/labs/narrative-practices/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Narrative Practices Lab</a> in the <a href="https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/discovery-research-platform-for-medical-humanities/" title="https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/discovery-research-platform-for-medical-humanities/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities</a>.(Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@lauraadaiphoto?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" title="https://unsplash.com/@lauraadaiphoto?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">laura adai</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/white-ceramic-plate-with-paint-brushes-and-paint-brushes-xSMIuUDMMSY?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" title="https://unsplash.com/photos/white-ceramic-plate-with-paint-brushes-and-paint-brushes-xSMIuUDMMSY?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>)

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