Citizen Social Science for self-advocacy

In this practice-based workshop, Kelly will share some of the methods work she has been doing with less-listened-to kids and adults via a multimodal citizen social science methodology she's named 'Anthropology By Children/Communities' or more simply: 'ABC'. The point of ABC is to support original participant-led 'ethnographic research'

(ethno=LIFE; graphy=MAPPING).

This session will highlight some ways to support capacities participants/clients already have for assessing social spaces and the people in those spaces with some tested, inclusive ways to conduct consultation with less-listened to persons. We will also open a discussion about the unique challenges which arise when working with these methods in local schools, community centres and with policymakers in aim of broadening awareness of anthropology in those spaces, but also as a way of recasting anthropological methods to prioritise inclusive knowledge-making and reshape the discipline as a home for epistemic justice.

Please bring paper, a pen and an open mind to the session.

Bio: Kelly Robinson is a Medical Anthropologist whose work focuses on disabilities, marginalisation, access policies and communication breakdown between individuals and institutions. Kelly devised Anthropology By Children/Communities as a way to use ethnographically grounded, citizen social science as a means of supporting self-advocacy skills and improving legibility of marginalised people.

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Chrystal Macmillan Building, The University of Edinburgh, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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