{"id":392,"date":"2018-09-20T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T13:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/coproduction\/?p=392"},"modified":"2019-05-13T08:50:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T07:50:05","slug":"using-the-planner-to-navigate-tricky-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/coproduction\/2018\/09\/20\/using-the-planner-to-navigate-tricky-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the planner to navigate tricky conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Hello from Govan Community Project!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n My name is Tilly and I\u2019m the project coordinator for our Participatory Action Research (PAR) project. PAR is a collaborative form of research, based around breaking down the hierarchy between \u201cprofessional researcher\u201d and the unprofessional \u201cresearched subject\u201d. This \u201cresearched subject\u201d is often groups of people, and often groups of marginalised people, while the \u201cprofessional researcher\u201d is often, as a result of their privilege, too disconnected from these communities to truly recognise what is affecting people the most. PAR is based around the idea that anyone who is affected by something is a key stakeholder in building solutions to that problem, and has the skills and unique insight to research it themselves, and not only that, but act on it too.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n So here in Govan we meet once a week to talk, discover and plan around things that are important to us. Apart from me, the group is made up of people who all have lived experience of the Asylum System, and who are all People of Colour. It is made up of people who are men, women, LGBTQI+, cis-people, mothers, younger and older. The majority of us live in Govan. The group has carried out research into what issues affect Govanites who are also going through the Asylum System. We also run Peer Education workshops to teach, gain support, and learn from each other; have made a short film documenting journeys to the UK; and are currently co-producing a workshop plan to go alongside screenings of the film, with the theme of reducing the stigma surrounding Asylum Seekers and Refugees.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n