Research methodologies and political action
As a social scientist, I am interested in research methods and the relationship between research and activism. I tend to use powerful qualitative methods, including interviews, focus groups, questionnaires and ethnography, and usually distinguish (perhaps falsely) between doing analysis and doing politics. However, at times I take a more creative approach. This is most obvious with the work I did through walking where research and activism were combined to produce public scholarship. I am currently working on a collaborative autoethnography focused on gender and sustainability in the household.
Murphy, J. (2011) Walking a public geography through Ireland and Scotland, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 177, No. 4, pp. 367-379.
Murphy, J. (2011) Walking paths through postcolonial political geographies, Political Geography, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 239-240.
Murphy, J. (2009) At The Edge: Walking the Atlantic Coast of Ireland and Scotland, Sandstone Press, Highlands.
Murphy, J. (2011) Walking a public geography through Ireland and Scotland, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 177, No. 4, pp. 367-379.
Murphy, J. (2011) Walking paths through postcolonial political geographies, Political Geography, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 239-240.
Murphy, J. (2009) At The Edge: Walking the Atlantic Coast of Ireland and Scotland, Sandstone Press, Highlands.
