Event overview
A panel of current and former PhD students at Educational Studies will discuss how they incorporated a range of embodied, spatial, and object-based methods into their projects.
In this Cross-London Sociolinguistics Seminar, a panel of four current and former PhD students at Goldsmiths Department of Educational Studies will discuss how they incorporated a range of embodied, spatial, and object-based methods into their projects. Presentations will focus on the dynamic relationship between these methods, the theoretical frameworks they used, and the findings of their research. They will critically consider what these methods can bring to language and literacy research, alongside any challenges and limitations encountered. Seminar participants will also be invited to try out some of the methods presented, feeding in ideas and reflections related to their own work.
Contributors:
Steve Dixon-Smith
Steve completed his ESRC funded PhD at Goldsmiths in 2024. As part of his linguistic ethnography of race and class in an undergraduate architecture studio, he developed spatial methods to facilitate a participant-led approach to interviews that focused on discursive practices in the studio. He is interested in the relationship between spatial, discursive and material inequalities.
Lidiya Petrova
Lidiya is a final-year PhD candidate at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research explores how language learner identity is shaped by the socio-political contexts in which it develops. She is particularly interested in the intersections between language learner identity and other social identities, especially professional identity. Her work combines narrative inquiry with an object-based approach.
Sara Shahwan
Sara completed her PhD in Educational Studies at Goldsmiths in 2024. In her participatory research on ecological identities, she co-developed creative walking methods with migrant children by integrating poetry and filmmaking. Her work explores how embodied practices and encounters can extend an ecological approach to literacy and identity.
Becky Winstanley
Becky completed her collaborative PhD (SOAS/Goldsmiths/Osmani Trust) in 2024. During this time she developed participatory ethnographic walking methods to explore multilingual language practices in London’s East End, especially among Sylheti speakers. She is interested in affordances of embodied research methods to explore the links between language and place.
The CLSS series features language and literacy research by current and former doctoral students based at King's College London, UCL, Birkbeck, Queen Mary and the University of Westminster. All students are warmly welcome to join the events.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2025 | 3:00pm - 5:00pm |
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