What is it about?
Psychosocial methods demand co-presence. But is it possible to use these methods at a distance? This paper conducts a visual matrix with a mix of in situ and online participants. We find that the method works well and continues after the event through the collaborative writing process. The paper is also exemplar for engaging with emotionally demanding themes of global heating and human mortality.
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Why is it important?
As we adapt to using less carbon we need to find carbon-lite methods - that are virtual or at least combine virtual and face to face co-presence. This paper both explores the issue of global heating and proposes a method that takes seriously our need to care about the planet.
Perspectives
One of the co-authors of this paper was very ill and sadly died during the writing of this paper. The process of writing together through this experience was moving and the paper acts as a memorial to our colleague Lois Tonkin.
Rachel Thomson
University of Sussex
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This page is a summary of: Carbon-lite collaboration: a virtual visual matrix, Journal of Psychosocial Studies, July 2020, Policy Press,
DOI: 10.1332/147867320x15903844214182.
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