Archive Projects

The G Word Tour

The Project

The g word tour was a six month programme disseminating Genders(s) at Work research across 25 universities and research centres in the UK and Republic of Ireland (just writing that in COVID times now seems bizarre!). I revisualised (Mannay 2019) Gender(s) at Work data in two Powerpoint presentations (see below); two participative workshops; a visual exhibit (My Brilliant Career? An Investigation) and a poetry performance (Glass). I publicised the programme, presented, exhibited and performed the elements, singly and in combination between November 2018 and July 2019.

Related Publications

Carruthers Thomas, K. 2020.  An alternative dynamics of research dissemination? The case of the g word tour.  Qualitative Research, December. 1-13.
Wellcome Sanger Institute, 2019. Glass: The Poetry of Science. 21 March.
Birmingham City University, 2019Research Fellow Takes Findings on National Tour. 17 January.​

The G Word Tour Programme

Living and Working in Lockdown
The Workplace Glassed and Gendered

The Workplace Glassed and Gendered

45 minute Powerpoint presentation Content: rationale, methodology, findings, discussion and selected participant stories read aloud by audience volunteers.

Mapping Career

Mapping Career

1 hour workshop
Working in pairs, participants use key research findings to develop visual alternative models of ‘career’ resonant with their own lived experiences. These are then used to reflect on linear and reductive career metaphors of ‘ladder’ and ‘pipeline’.​

My Brilliant Career? An Investigation

My Brilliant Career? An Investigation

Gender(s) at Work research questions and key findings are presented as a graphic essay hand-drawn on four A2-sized panels.

The Accidental Cartoonist

The Accidental Cartoonist

45-minute Powerpoint presentation
Content: illustrated account of developing a graphic social science practice and of the power, pleasure and practice of graphic/visual methods in research.​  Get in touch if you’d like me to send you the presentation file (too large to upload here).

On The Page

On The Page

One hour workshop
Participants experiment with simple visual and graphic methods in their research/teaching, including the creation of a visual representation of a concept, idea or method relevant to their work, research or study. Get in touch if you’d like me to send you the presentation file (too large to upload here).

Glass

Glass

Research poem.
​Performance and Q&A.