Full Description
Using history, artistic practice, writing, poetry, autobiography and collaborative ethnography, this book literally and figuratively re-imagines a place. It is a manifesto for alternative visions of community, located in histories and cultural reference points that often remain unheard within the mainstream media. As such, the book presents a `how to' for researchers interested in community collaborative research and accessing alternative ways of knowing and voices in marginalised communities.
Contents
Part One: Introductions;
What kind of book is this? ‾ Elizabeth Campbell;
Policy, practice and racism: social cohesion in action ‾ Zanib Rasool;
Part Two: Community histories;
Introducing Rotherham ‾ Kate Pahl and Miles Crompton;
How can historical knowledge help us to make sense of communities like Rotherham? ‾ Elizabeth Pente and Paul Ward;
Some poems, a song and a prose piece ‾ Ray Hearne and Ryan Bramley;
Who are we now? Local history, industrial decline and ethnic diversity ‾ Elizabeth Pente and Paul Ward;
Silk and steel ‾ Shahin Shah;
History and co-production in the home: documents, artefacts and migrant identities in Rotherham ‾ William Gould and Mariam Shah;
Tassibee: a case study ‾ Khalida Luqman;
Identity ‾ Zanib Rasool;
Part Three: Community ways of knowing;
Methodology: an introduction ‾ Elizabeth Campbell;
Collaborative ethnography in context ‾ Elizabeth Campbell, Luke Eric Lassiter and Kate Pahl;
Safe spaces and community activism ‾ Zanib Rasool;
Emotions in community research ‾ Zanib Rasool;
What parents know: a call for realistic accounts of parenting young children ‾ Tanya Evans, Abigail Hackett, Joanna Magagula and Steve Pool;
Where I come from and where I'm going to: exploring identity, hopes and futures with Roma girls in Rotherham ‾ Deborah Bullivant;
Introduction to artistic methods for understanding contested communities ‾ Kate Pahl and Steve Pool with Marcus Hurcombe;
What can art do? Artistic approaches to community experiences ‾ Zahir Rafiq in conversation with Kate Pahl and Steve Pool;
Using poetry to engage the voices of women and girls in research ‾ Zanib Rasool;
The Tassibee `Skin and Spirit' project ‾ Cassie Limb;
`The Rotherham project': young men represent themselves and their town ‾ Nathan Gibson with Zanib Rasool and Kate Pahl;
Part Four: Communities going forward;
Re-imagining contested communities: implications for policy research ‾ Robert Rutherfoord and Maria O'Beirne;
What this book can teach us ‾ Elizabeth Campbell, Kate Pahl, Elizabeth Pente and Zanib Rasool.
