Disobedient Buildings share their unique methodological approach to research

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During the Covid-19 pandemic the Disobedient Buildings Team designed research packs that allowed research participants to study their own home at their own pace.

The pack methodology allowed research participants to conduct research from afar. This was useful during the Covid-19 pandemic, when people were locked up in their homes, but the methodology is also suited to other crisis situations such as health and care settings and museum and exhibition contexts. 

 

The packs consist of familiar, paper-based and low-tech devices such as postcards, maps, and disposable cameras to motivate participants to respond to a series of open-ended questions and playful tasks. The tools are exploratory in nature and, similar to classic anthropological research, they build on the spirit on participation and care to invite participants to share their everyday experiences and reveal what really matters to them on the ground.

 

An image showing envelopes, notebooks cameras maps, a sample bag and packaging that makes up the tool kit

 

 

[The packs] build on the spirit on participation and care to invite participants to share their everyday experiences and reveal what really matters to them

Professor Inge Daniels