The Institute for Medical Humanities today published Engagement, experience and power: Working with an advisory group, the latest Project Short in its Working Knowledge collection.
Written by Veronica Heney (Co-Lead for the Narrative Practices Lab) with contributions from Ashley, Eleanor Higgins, Naomi Salisbury and Sarah-Jayne Hartley, Engagement, experience and power considers the complexities of working with a lived experience advisory group as part of a humanities PhD project. Reflecting on some of the challenges involved in working in this way in a PhD which explored fictional representations of self-harm, it describes decision-making processes and how the group shaped the research project.
Read Engagement, experience and power: Working with an advisory group here.
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What is Working Knowledge?
This Project Short is part of a series produced by the Institute for Medical Humanities for Working Knowledge, a collection of short, accessible and user-friendly resources dedicated to the practical ins and outs of interdisciplinary research.
