How do art and geography intersect? Thinking through this question was the task of Interrogating Form: Creative and Cultural Participatory Practice, a workshop held by Newcastle University on Tuesday 11th June.
Indeed, there were lots of sub-questions within this broader focus. …
At 6am on Thursday 7th June 2018, I found myself on the platform at Coventry railway station, awaiting the departure of the first train to London. Thanks to the (very generous and unexpected!) award of a travel bursary, I was on my way to Queen Mary University of London to attend a workshop entitled “Doing Participatory Geographies: a workshop on practicing engaged research”.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
Location: Royal Geographical Soicety (with IBG).
Dates: 28th-30th August 2019. …
Friends and colleagues, the PyGyRG (Participatory Geographies Research Group)committee have booked an away weekend for the nights of 24th & 25th May 2019 …
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.…
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.…