Photo/Stories from the field: The computer in the room
Dr Christos Varvantakis describes the impact of technology, computer games, and mobile phones on childhood games across the Connectors Study
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Photo/Stories from the field: An encounter with an unsolicited stranger
Dr Vinnarasan Aruldoss describes strangers interrupting research dynamics and flows, touching on the ethical challenge for privacy in close-knit communities
Photo/Stories from the field: Splat!
Dr Sevasti-Melissa Nolas reflects on pain and embodiment in the research process, and how children adapted their game playing to be more inclusive
Photo/Stories from the field: Can we play now?
Dr Sevasti-Melissa Nolas talks about child participants’ own research agendas, and using playing and games as methodology
Photo/Stories from the field: Banter in fieldwork
Dr Vinnarasan Aruldoss describes moments of banter and teasing in fieldwork, and how these help in building research relationships with children
Photo/Stories from the field: ‘I hope we are not boring you?’
Dr Sevasti-Melissa Nolas talks parenthood, work-life balance, and the challenge of sleep-deprivation when conducting social research
Photo/Stories from the field: Ethics and place
In Hyderabad, we usually go on a spree of doing fieldwork in hot summer, as that’s the time schools shut down for long vacation. On a day the temperature was […]
Photo/Stories from the field
Forty-five children and their families across each city (Athens, Hyderabad, London) have taken part in the Connectors Study. Our initial fieldwork with these children and families lasted 18 months from […]
Desire lines (3)
Dr Vinnarasan Aruldoss explores desire lines, and the analytical threads of understanding ‘emotion’ as an axis point between body and publics/public sphere