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Playing with participation (at the RGS-IGB Postgraduate Forum Mid-Term Conference 2018)

The sun was set to shine for each of the three days of the 2018 RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum Mid-Term Conference and it did not disappoint. Bearing in mind what David Gilbert argued in his excellent lecture advocating for a more nuanced and enriched sub-urban imaginary, our experience of Royal Holloway came into its own with fresh cherry blossoming, hanging basket blooming, door knocker sparkling weather…

Listen and experience the atmosphere

The tone of the conference was set up well the first evening with an uplifting welcome talk from Dr.…

Reflections on the RGS-IBG Mid-Term Conference

As I rest my weary traveller’s legs, it is with great pleasure that I can finally sit still and reflect on my experiences of what has been an interesting, fruitful and thoroughly enjoyable RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum Mid-Term Conference in the stunning surroundings of Royal Holloway University.…

Reflecting on Qualitative Methods Workshop: Reflections from a PhD

I was in a bit of PhD pickle when I saw Heather’s Tweet about the “reflecting on qualitative methods” workshop having had a tumultuous six-year journey with my doctorate which has included relationship breakdown, fieldwork nightmares, two extended withdrawals and epic debt alongside part-time work as a lecturer, I was pretty frazzled and suffering from major writer’s block.…

Participatory Geographies at the PGF-Mid-Term Conference

The RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum Mid-Term Conference took place on the 19th– 21stApril 2017 hosted by the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University. The Conference brought together PhD students from different universities in the UK and abroad in a friendly and supportive environment that allowed the exchange of research projects in a vibrant way.…

Interrogating Form: Creative and Cultural Participatory Practice

METHODS WORKSHOP

13th June  11am – 5pm.        Newbridge Project, Carliol House, Market Street, Newcastle  

Free, but please bring your own lunch (cafes and shops nearby)

Where environments and communities are stressed, scenes of hope and resistance persist. This workshop thinks about the place of cultural and creative participatory practice in the formation of such scenes.…

Doing Participatory Geographies: a Workshop on Practicing Engaged Research

June 7th.                  10.30 – 16.00               QMUL, School of Geography, London.

The London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Programme (LISS DTP) together with the Participatory Geographies Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society and IBG (PyGyRG) are delighted to be co-hosting an upcoming event on participatory methods.…

PyGyRg 2018 Committee Positions

Our AGM this year, at the conference is Cardiff, will be at;  Wednesday 29 August 2018, Plenary & lunch (13:10 – 14:25).


If you have anything you would like on the agenda please could you email me by Monday August 20th.  At the AGM we will have committee positions open to members.…

Call for Sponsored Sessions at RGS-IBG 2018.

The Committee of the Participatory Geographies Research Group (PyGyRg) would like to invite proposals for sessions to be sponsored by the PyGyRg at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) (RGS-IBG).

The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2018, which will be chaired by Professor Paul Milbourne (Cardiff University), will have as its theme “Geographical landscapes / changing landscapes of geography.”…