Jewitt, Carey;
Barker, edmund;
Golmohammadi, lili;
(2023)
Feeling our Way: methodological explorations on touch through uncertainty.
International Journal of Social Research Methodology
10.1080/13645579.2023.2173423.
(In press).
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Abstract
This paper argues that methodological uncertainty, such as that experienced by the social research community through the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2022) is, and has always been, a vital part of the research landscape. Whilst recognising the many damaging effects of the uncertainties of the pandemic on research and researchers, we home in on the potential of the challenges raised by uncertainty as a force for methodological innovation. We introduce three InTouch project research studies conducted during Lockdown and reflect on the methodological challenges raised by the change and uncertainty of the pandemic. We describe our use, adaptation and reorientation of creative, sensory, and speculative methods to overcome these challenges. We reflect on how we mobilised the uncertain methodological terrain of digital touch and social research in the pandemic as a resource for methodological innovation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Feeling our Way: methodological explorations on touch through uncertainty |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13645579.2023.2173423 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2023.2173423 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
| Keywords: | Online probes, sensory ethnography, speculative research, uncertainty, touch, digital |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10152937 |
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