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Participatory methods in arts & humanities research

We held a collaborative in-person workshop on Thu 10 October to facilitate further discussion between MAH researchers and colleagues within the  Research Cluster at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). In this session, they thought through how MAH researchers use  in their research and projects, and reflected on any challenges that have been experienced, or anticipated, in using participatory methods.

This session is part of a broader collaborative project between MAH and IDS, funded by the AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA), in which a key aim is to refresh the content on their  (a well-established, highly Google-ranked and heavily-used resource for researchers, practitioners and funders) so that it better meets the needs of participatory research in the arts & humanities disciplines (). 

So, if you were unable to attend the session, you can also get involved by working with their team to develop a 'case study' for this site, based on your participatory research (). This is an opportunity to: 

• benefit from 121 discussion of your project challenges with IDS experts, and strengthen your understanding of these methods for your current and future work;
• build networks with IDS colleagues working in complementary areas, with whom you could develop partnerships for future funding bids; 
• develop a concise communications output from your work, which you can distribute in other contexts, and which non-academic users of the IDS site may learn from and adopt in their work ('impact' from your research).

If you're interested in doing this, please contact Alice Webb at a.webb@ids.ac.uk, who can facilitate an initial discussion with the most relevant IDS colleague(s). 

Keen to find out more?

Please contact us at ahrciaa@sussex.ac.uk with any queries about the AHRC IAA programme.