Qualitative Researchers’ Group seminar: Ethnographic Methods Title: “It just opens up their world”: Learning from autistic ways of attuning in the context of horse therapy in the UK and USA Description: Ethnography refers to the methodological practice of ‘being there’, using participant observation to learn from people (ethnos) using generous attentiveness, relational depth and sensitivity to context. It also refers to the descriptions (graphos) used to tell to others’ stories, illustrating an iterative, bottom up approach and inherent linking of method and theory. Roslyn will talk about her use of ethnographic methods in her anthropological work on horse therapy for autistic people, and focus on the notion of ‘attunement’ as both method and theory. Using her current research as an example, her talk will explore understandings of autism and autistic forms of relatedness emerging through horse therapy practices in the UK and USA. Speaker: Roslyn Malcom, Social Anthropology, SSPS, University of Edinburgh Biography: Roslyn is a medical anthropologist whose research focus on autism spectrum disorders, situated notion of sociality and relatedness, human-animal studies and material feminism. Feel free to bring your lunch with you. We look forward to seeing you on the 17 October! Oct 17 2019 12.00 - 13.30 Qualitative Researchers’ Group seminar: Ethnographic Methods Qualitative Researchers’ Group 2019 Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Teviot Place
Qualitative Researchers’ Group seminar: Ethnographic Methods Title: “It just opens up their world”: Learning from autistic ways of attuning in the context of horse therapy in the UK and USA Description: Ethnography refers to the methodological practice of ‘being there’, using participant observation to learn from people (ethnos) using generous attentiveness, relational depth and sensitivity to context. It also refers to the descriptions (graphos) used to tell to others’ stories, illustrating an iterative, bottom up approach and inherent linking of method and theory. Roslyn will talk about her use of ethnographic methods in her anthropological work on horse therapy for autistic people, and focus on the notion of ‘attunement’ as both method and theory. Using her current research as an example, her talk will explore understandings of autism and autistic forms of relatedness emerging through horse therapy practices in the UK and USA. Speaker: Roslyn Malcom, Social Anthropology, SSPS, University of Edinburgh Biography: Roslyn is a medical anthropologist whose research focus on autism spectrum disorders, situated notion of sociality and relatedness, human-animal studies and material feminism. Feel free to bring your lunch with you. We look forward to seeing you on the 17 October! Oct 17 2019 12.00 - 13.30 Qualitative Researchers’ Group seminar: Ethnographic Methods Qualitative Researchers’ Group 2019 Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Teviot Place
Oct 17 2019 12.00 - 13.30 Qualitative Researchers’ Group seminar: Ethnographic Methods Qualitative Researchers’ Group 2019
