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LERRN is pleased to announce the following event on behalf of the Social Policy Association<\/a> (SPA): Listening to all voices? The politics of \u2018lived experience\u2019: concerns, contradictions, and challenges<\/span><\/strong>. This free two-day summit <\/span>of talks, activities and workshops is preceded by two calls for abstracts<\/strong>, the details of which are found below<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For up-to-date event details and the list of Keynote Speakers, please visit the official website for this event:<\/p>\n\n

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\n\t\tEvent Website (External Link)<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Event Description<\/h2>\n

It is often suggested that the inclusion of those with \u2018lived experience\u2019 in the development of research, policy, and practice does important work to challenge the exclusion of previously unheard, not listened to (or \u2018hard to reach\u2019) and\/or minoritised groups. The production of knowledge(s) by and with rather than about can act as a potential challenge to testimonial and hermeneutical epistemic injustices (Fricker, 2007), and support marginalised, oppressed and subaltern groups in their efforts to be heard (Spivak, 2003); see also Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2020).<\/p>\n

However, significant challenges arise when inclusion is tokenistic and when some accounts of \u2018lived experience\u2019 are listened to\/or heard over others. Accounts of lived experience can be co-opted by researchers, policy makers and campaigners, working to (re-)produce epistemic injustices, and to distort inclusive policy and practice development. Becky McFarlane notes that people\u2019s stories are both \u2018\u2026extremely powerful and have the potential to bring us together \u2026 but stories are also a commodity \u2013 they help others sell their products, their programs, their services \u2013 and sometimes they mine our stories for the details that service their interests best\u2019 (quoted in Costa et al., 2012: 86).<\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Social Policy Association<\/a>, the Department of Sociology Communities and Social Justice research group and the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action at Durham University, are hosting two events \u2013 a one-day symposium and a one-day conference for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) \u2013 on these issues.<\/p>\n

The one-day symposium<\/strong> (28 March 2023) will engage academics, researchers, policy makers, practitioners, community activists and those who have shared their lived experience(s) and will involve a mix of papers, provocations and research conversations.<\/p>\n

The postgraduate researchers’ conference<\/strong> (29 March 2023) will provide a supportive environment for approximately 40-50 PGRs to share early stages of their research and to explore some of the challenges associated with research with people with \u2018lived experience\u2019 of social issues. The format of the day will consist of papers, thematic workshop sessions and discussions, and poster and other creative presentations.<\/p>\n

These events have emerged from research group members recognising a series of shared challenges when accounts of \u2018lived experience\u2019 are used to develop and inform\u00a0research impact, social policy, and social justice practices across a diverse range of policy and research areas including poverty, social work practice, diaspora communities, domestic violence, trafficking and workplace racism. These include: a lack of meaningful or diverse inclusion; the assumed binary positions of academics\/policymakers and those with \u2018lived experience\u2019; and\/or when accounts of \u2018lived experience\u2019 are purposely selected to support existing political or policy agendas.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Call for Abstracts<\/h2>\n

Abstracts for one-day symposium<\/h3>\n

In response to these concerns, contradictions and challenges, we invite abstracts or ideas for workshops or conversations for both our one-day symposium and our postgraduate researcher conference which might address the following questions, among other things:<\/p>\n

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  1. What are the ethical challenges involved when seeking to produce knowledge(s) by and with rather than about these groups?<\/li>\n
  2. Which actors, identities and agendas are typically excluded or marginalized, even within \u2018lived experience\u2019 research, and why?<\/li>\n
  3. Where, and to whom, do the benefits of research with those with \u2018lived experiences\u2019 accrue?<\/li>\n
  4. Can the inclusion of accounts of lived experience reflect a diversity of lived experience\/ identities? If so, how should go about doing this?<\/li>\n
  5. How should we prevent accounts of lived experiences of marginalised and oppressed groups being co-opted to fit existing agendas?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Abstracts should be 200-250 words.\u00a0It is also hoped that the events will be interdisciplinary \u2013 including participants from subject areas such as social policy, social work, sociology, criminology, and anthropology.<\/p>\n

    Abstracts for postgraduate researchers’ conference<\/h3>\n

    Postgraduate researchers are invited to submit an abstract to:<\/p>\n

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    1. Deliver a traditional academic paper as part of a panel discussion;<\/li>\n
    2. Be part of a roundtable discussion based in response to the five questions set out above; Or<\/li>\n
    3. Contribute to poster and\/or other visual and creative sessions (such as photographs, short films, music, zines, etc) with a view to sparking research conversations that are based on, while not limited to, the questions above.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Postgraduate researchers are also encouraged to submit abstracts for the one-day symposium.<\/p>\n\n

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      \n\t\tSubmit an Abstract<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

      (Submission Deadline: 18 January 2023)<\/h4>\n

      Following these events, the intention is to develop a proposal for a themed section on \u2018the politics of lived experience\u2019 (or similar) to be published in Social Policy and Society<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

      If you have any questions, please email: Dr. Stephen Ashe at stephen.ashe@durham.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"daevent-type":[271],"event-audience":[],"event-featured":[],"yoast_head":"\nListening to all voices? 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