Crafting the ‘I’ in my Research: My Research, My Story
Crafting the 'I' in my Research: My Research, My Story: A Workshop led by Margaret Go and (Dmitri) Hui Ken Chong
Tuesday 4 June 2024
2 - 4pm
Room 2.06A, Little Titchfield Street
A workshop exploring the power of lived experience and positionality in research journeys through artmaking. A must for any doctoral researcher eager to deepen their understanding of their positionality and its pivotal role in shaping research processes and outcomes in a creative and supportive environment.
In this workshop you’ll:
Engage in storyboarding activities, allowing you to effectively identity, develop, articulate, and share your positionality and its impact on your research visually.
Connect with fellow researchers from various backgrounds to share experiences, explore diverse positionalities, and forge new alliances within a communal workshop setting.
Find common ground through collective artmaking, empowering you to navigate the challenges of doctoral research with renewed perspective and motivation.
This workshop goes beyond traditional research methodologies to offer a space for personal growth, dialogue, and creative exploration. Whether you are seeking to break the isolation of doctoral research, articulate your positionality, or simply connect with like-minded individuals, this workshop provides the tools and community to support your journey.
Margaret Go
Margaret Go is a Filipino-Chinese doctoral researcher in Politics at the School of Social Sciences, University of Westminster, London. Her project looks at the interplay of interpretations and representations of the concept of “China’s Rise” in the context of United States foreign policy. She delves into the tendency to categorise debate on China’s rise as peaceful or as a threat. Her research seeks to transcend this duality by going beyond military or economic explanations as foreign policy outcomes, which in reality are more nuanced and complex than that.
Prior to this, Margaret earned her MSc (Hons) in International Relations in the United Kingdom, MA in International Business Management in Singapore, and BA in International Trade and Economics in China. She worked as a speechwriter and as an analyst at the Office of the President of the Philippines. It was from such lived experience that she became interested in exploring the differing narratives that effect foreign policy outcomes. She volunteers as a decolonial tour guide around London SOHO Chinatown to show a different perspective on how history has been made and constructed, by giving a holistic understanding of the role the United Kingdom has played in shaping our worldview and in upholding stereotypical beliefs.
(Dmitri) Hui Ken Chong
(Dmitri) Hui Ken Chong completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours)in Architecture from Taylor’s University, Malaysia and a March Architecture (RIBA Part 2) from University of Plymouth. His interests in migration and refugeeness are informed by his positionality as a migrant from the Global South and as part of a historically stateless ethnic group. The research methodologies he uses include ethnography and interviews to better understand complex social issues from people with lived experiences.
