Description
This presentation examined methodological innovation in disability research, focusing on how preparatory participation can enhance inclusivity, trust-building, and researcher preparedness when working with participants whose sensory and spatial experiences differ from dominant norms. Using visually impaired engagement with blue spaces as a case study, the paper demonstrated how training as a sighted guide, volunteering with VI charities, and completing open-water safety training supported relational, ethical, and embodied approaches to fieldwork.Extending debates on embodied methodologies, it highlighted the often-overlooked value of pre-fieldwork engagement for addressing accessibility, positionality, and sensory difference. Framed at the intersection of social research, public engagement, and inclusion agendas, the paper underscored the ethical and epistemological importance of interdependence.
| Period | 23 Sept 2025 |
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| Held at | School of Business and Law |
| Degree of Recognition | Local |
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Inclusive Environmental Stewardship: Adaptation, Recovery and Access
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Not just the ramp: routinings and the messy politics of access in blue space fieldwork
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Routinings at the Water’s Edge: Creative Access and Relational Method in Blue-Urban Fieldwork
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Activities
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Disability Now! Symposium and UKDHM Launch Event, University of Southampton
Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Mobile Methods in Social Research
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference 2025
Activity: Events › Workshop