AusSTS2020 Online Workshop Series http://aussts2020-sessionone.eventbrite.com.au/ Please join us this Thursday 10am (AEST) for the workshop 'Participating in Research Now' as part of the #AusSTS2020 Online Workshop Series. The first half of this workshop will be streamed on YouTube. Register for reminders and event updates. *Title:* Participating in research now *Presenters:* Jenny Kennedy (RMIT), Kari Lancaster (UNSW), Timothy Neale (Deakin) and Matthew Kearnes (UNSW) *Facilitators:* Kari Lancaster (UNSW) and Timothy Neale (Deakin) *Description:* “Participation has been formatted, proceduralised, scaled-up, and turned into a tool-kit in the effort to spread it everywhere” writes anthropologist Christopher Kelty in The Participant (Chicago, 2019). Don’t we all want to participate? For all its problems, participation still has a great public image, in large part due to its associations with self-expression and democratic legitimacy. Meanwhile, the terminology surrounding those who engage with our research projects, and how we as researchers engage in the worlds we act on and observe, continues to shift. Are those with whom we do research perhaps “interlocutors” engaged in a dialogue, or “collaborators” in a kind of conspiracy, or maybe “participants” in our imposed agendas? Are we as researchers “participant observers” or can we not help but to interfere? These questions have been thrown into sharp relief in 2020, as questions about how we engage has been disrupted, triggering new thinking about the forms of participation that have characterised research and how they might be remade. In this workshop, Kari Lancaster, Jenny Kennedy, Timothy Neale and Matthew Kearnes will reflect on the many meanings of participation in their research. Those who attend the workshop will be required to complete a small amount of reading beforehand and submit a question – relating to participation – about a current or possible future research project for small group discussion. *How to participate:* This session has two parts: the first half will be a panel discussion from the presenters; the second half will be a workshop style format with participants taking part in activities and discussion. There are two ways to participate in this session: YouTube Live participant: Watch the first half of the session on YouTube live and take part on the "Live Chat" discussion. You will not be able to participate in the second half of the workshop. Register as "YouTube Live participant" on Eventbrite. Zoom workshop participant: Join us on Zoom for the full workshop, including presentation, live discussion, and activities. Limited tickets available for this option. Register as "Zoom workshop participant" on Eventbrite. Register here: http://aussts2020-sessionone.eventbrite.com.au/ To send questions/participate in the YouTube Live chat, you'll need to sign-in using a YouTube account <https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-comment-on-youtube?r=AU&IR=T>. The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on the SSN YouTube channel <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVYFQV_UFX9CLreqpNzanVA> after the Livestream. If you have any questions you can contact Timothy Neale at timothy.neale@deakin.edu.au