What does it feel like to live here?: Exploring sensory ethnography as a collaborative methodology for investigating social determinants of health in place
This paper introduces sensory ethnography as a methodology for studying residents' daily lived experience of social determinants of health (SDOH) in place. Sensory ethnography is an expansive option for SDOH research because it encourages participating researchers and residents to “turn up” the...
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| author | Sunderland, N. Bristed, H. Gudes, Ori Boddy, J. Da Silva, M |
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| description | This paper introduces sensory ethnography as a methodology for studying residents' daily lived experience of social determinants of health (SDOH) in place. Sensory ethnography is an expansive option for SDOH research because it encourages participating researchers and residents to “turn up” their senses to identify how previously ignored or “invisible” sensory experiences shape local health and wellbeing. Sensory ethnography creates a richer and deeper understanding of the relationships between place and health than existing research methods that focus on things that are more readily observable or quantifiable. To highlight the methodology in use we outline our research activities and learnings from the Sensory Ethnography of Logan-Beaudesert (SELB) pilot study. We discuss theory, data collection methods, preliminary outcomes, and methodological learnings that will be relevant to researchers who wish to use sensory ethnography or develop deeper understandings of place and health generally. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-298542017-09-13T15:28:26Z What does it feel like to live here?: Exploring sensory ethnography as a collaborative methodology for investigating social determinants of health in place Sunderland, N. Bristed, H. Gudes, Ori Boddy, J. Da Silva, M lived experience sensory ethnography health planning social determinants of health place based This paper introduces sensory ethnography as a methodology for studying residents' daily lived experience of social determinants of health (SDOH) in place. Sensory ethnography is an expansive option for SDOH research because it encourages participating researchers and residents to “turn up” their senses to identify how previously ignored or “invisible” sensory experiences shape local health and wellbeing. Sensory ethnography creates a richer and deeper understanding of the relationships between place and health than existing research methods that focus on things that are more readily observable or quantifiable. To highlight the methodology in use we outline our research activities and learnings from the Sensory Ethnography of Logan-Beaudesert (SELB) pilot study. We discuss theory, data collection methods, preliminary outcomes, and methodological learnings that will be relevant to researchers who wish to use sensory ethnography or develop deeper understandings of place and health generally. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29854 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.05.007 Elsevier restricted |
| spellingShingle | lived experience sensory ethnography health planning social determinants of health place based Sunderland, N. Bristed, H. Gudes, Ori Boddy, J. Da Silva, M What does it feel like to live here?: Exploring sensory ethnography as a collaborative methodology for investigating social determinants of health in place |
| title | What does it feel like to live here?: Exploring sensory ethnography as a collaborative methodology for investigating social determinants of health in place |
| title_full | What does it feel like to live here?: Exploring sensory ethnography as a collaborative methodology for investigating social determinants of health in place |
| title_fullStr | What does it feel like to live here?: Exploring sensory ethnography as a collaborative methodology for investigating social determinants of health in place |
| title_full_unstemmed | What does it feel like to live here?: Exploring sensory ethnography as a collaborative methodology for investigating social determinants of health in place |
| title_short | What does it feel like to live here?: Exploring sensory ethnography as a collaborative methodology for investigating social determinants of health in place |
| title_sort | what does it feel like to live here?: exploring sensory ethnography as a collaborative methodology for investigating social determinants of health in place |
| topic | lived experience sensory ethnography health planning social determinants of health place based |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29854 |