Researching together?: reflections on doing participatory research over large distances

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Researching together?: reflections on doing participatory research over large distances. Liz Ellis: Open University Stuart Ralphson: Time for Change and Disability Cornwall Natasha Smith: Time for Change and Cornwall County Council

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Presentation by Liz Ellis, Natasha Smith and Stuart Ralphson at the fourth ESRC funded seminar on participatory research with people with learning disabilities

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Researching together?: reflections on doing participatory research over large

distances. Liz Ellis: Open University

Stuart Ralphson: Time for Change and Disability Cornwall

Natasha Smith: Time for Change and Cornwall County Council

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Not here today!

• Mark, works with Time for Change

• John, works for a supermarket but is also involved in training Social workers at the OU

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What made things difficult?

Confusion! Lack of experience

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Why get involved?

Meeting people Learning new skills Travel

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Political Targetted

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Problems researching in rural areas: Transport

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What we really enjoyed about doing the research

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