The Rix team lead a workshop on Inclusive Approaches to Theory in Higher Education at this year’s BERA Conference, hosted by the University of Manchester.
Our Rix team ran a workshop about the Big Ideas project. In this project we work with the Open University and the universities of Leipzig and Koblenz in Germany. We run online sessions for self advocates and inclusive researchers, exploring theories and ideas that are important for people with lived experience of difference/disabilities.
Ajay and Nicola presented the workshop, supported by Craig and Janet.
We had 12 fantastic participants and together we looked at capability theory, an approach developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum.
During the workshop we thought of some games to help us understand some of the key principles. For example, a shopping game to look at barriers to healthy living, an obstacle course to explore physical and sensory ways of experiencing the world, smells, movements and sounds that express feelings, and a breakfast show styled interview with a tree, a stream, and the air, to explore respect for nature and the environment.
We came away with lots more resources for our workshops, and inspired by all the people who joined in.