We are delighted to bring to you the Researcher Vulnerability Workshop with Dr Chloe Steadman from Manchester Metropolitan University.
This Methods Masterclass will be run in person on the University of Manchester Campus from 10.00am until 12.00pm on Thursday, 18 May 2023. You can sign up to attend through our Eventbrite page.
Please be aware that there are a limited amount of spaces, and that we will work on a first-come first served basis.
Focus
In this interactive and reflective in-person workshop, we will be exploring the topic of researcher vulnerability together – the physical and/or emotional harm an individual may encounter when conducting research. Whether feeling upset about participants’ emotional stories when listening back to and analysing interviews, or anxious about how future readers might perceive more vulnerable academic writing.
We will begin the workshop by reflecting on what we actually mean by the term ‘researcher vulnerability’ and how we could define it. Dr Steadman will then share her personal experiences of researcher vulnerability by providing a brief presentation about her recently published Journal of Marketing Management paper: Remembering and Anticipating Researcher Vulnerability: An Autoethnographic Tale. Participants will then engage in interactive workshop activities designed to explore their own experiences of researcher vulnerability and the following questions:
- How has researcher vulnerability manifested in your own research experiences?
- What makes an effective piece of vulnerable academic writing?
- What are the key barriers to expressing researcher vulnerabilities in academia?
- How can we move towards an academic culture more open about researcher vulnerability?
Please note that you will be required to identify a piece of vulnerable academic writing that you admire in advance of the workshop (e.g. a paper, chapter, poem, blog post etc.), as these examples will be used to generate workshop discussions.
About the session leader
Dr Chloe Steadman is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
With a background in consumer research, her work largely focuses on using a range of qualitative methods to explore consumer culture, the body, time, place, high streets, and atmospheres.
She is also a researcher at the Institute of Place Management and High Streets Task Force. Her research has been published in a range of outlets, including Marketing Theory, Consumption Markets & Culture, the Journal of Marketing Management, Qualitative Market Research, and Social & Cultural Geography.
Chloe is also passionate about being more open about the vulnerabilities and challenges faced during research.
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