Post-Qualitative Research, Policy and Practice: How can Magical Realism bring about Real Change in the ‘Real World’?

Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Description

Following the lecture on my book, Public Health, Humanities and Magical Realism: A Creative-Relational Approach to Researching Human Experience, I led a collaborative writing workshop where we delved into the thinking behind it and reflected on the power of art to challenge policy makers and academics to reassess what counts as evidence when developing policies, practices, and recommendations.
In particular, we used magical realism as an ontolgical vector to make us question what is real and unreal in (health) policy and practice. Through an immersive and imaginative writing practice, we reflected on how post-qualitative research can cross the policy bridge and ‘do something meaningful’ in the ‘real world’.
PeriodJun 2023
Held atKU Leuven, Belgium