From the agenda

Day 1

10:00 - 12.30 Thinking about mental health in the field

How can you work safely with people who suffer from mental illness? What can your institution do to help?

13:30 - 16:00 Ethical decision making

How can we work ethically with our interlocutors? Are we putting people at risk? Is deception ethical?

16:30 - 17:15 Interviews

An interactive activity in which participants work through common pitfalls in interviewing.

Day 2

09:30 - 12:00 Safety and risk

How can we keep ourselves safe in the field? How much do we depend upon trust (of others and of ourselves) during fieldwork? Who is responsible for us and who are we responsible to?

13:00 - 15:00 Gender and subjective identities

How is gender enacted, performed, and regulated in the field? What does being racialised as an ethnographer mean?

What people said

“ The mental health course was the most helpful; nowhere else I have ever been has offered such practical, professional and appropriate workshops”

“The atmosphere was so supportive and the advice practical”

“What I enjoyed most was the openness, intellect and provocations, all in a really engaging and warm space”

“Such workshops are rare at the university level'‘

“Varied speakers/presenters: PhD, pre/post field, academic/non-academic”

“Really refreshing to be part of such a varied cohort, and build a support network”

What we learnt

• All attendees would recommend the workshop to their department.

• Institutional methodological training needs to pay greater attention to researcher wellbeing.

• Everybody likes the opportunity to meet fellow researchers, especially from diverse departments and disciplines.

• Funds for workshops are generally available within universities but people often need help to access them.