Learning to Live Differently in Lockdown

Wright, Hazel R. (2021) Learning to Live Differently in Lockdown. INSTED: Interdisciplinary Studies in Education and Society, 23 (1). p. 89. ISSN 2450-3428

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Abstract

I developed a novel approach, a form of ‘impressionistic research’, during the Covid-19 pandemic to enable non-contact data collection and its ethical dissemination. During daily lengthy walks, I added material observed and overheard to that gleaned from personal contacts, practising a form of rural flâneurie. To ensure anonymity for my direct, but limited, sources, I then created composite fictionalised stories that demonstrate human adaptation and resourcefulness throughout the life course. Incidental learning is evident in these stories imagined but also in my researcher narrative as I was finding a new way of working when social distancing proscribed biographical interviews. Thus, this article describes a methodological innovation alongside the snapshots of life in lockdown in England.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	impressionistic research, flâneurie, data fictionalisation, stories as research, human resourcefulness, Covid-19 pandemic, research methodology
Faculty:	Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care
Depositing User:	Lisa Blanshard
Date Deposited:	12 Apr 2022 14:22
Last Modified:	31 May 2022 16:18
URI:	https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/707474

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