2.4
METHODOLOGY
Initial Framework and Fieldwork Reframing Brief Initial Research Framework The research is based on the collection and analysis of primary and secondary data. During the different stages of the Practice Engagement (PE) project, our group used different participatory methods to collect data and carried out the analysis according to the different information they were exposed to. In the preparation phase of the practical project, the team members conducted an initial exploration of the project theme, mainly through an intense literature review and feedback from our partners. At the initial stage, through research and investigation of the Sheffield urban context and the Gut Level (case) context, we initially identified the topic, research directions and the research framework of our study. The research question was clarified after we got enough information, which focuses on the continuity of Queer living heritage safety. A logical methodology (Fig 8 on pg 64) would guide the next series of actions, and show how we response the research questions through a series of studies and analyses.
Analytical framework Fig 8.
After re-framing the research question, we build-up a methodology that will allow us to explore what does it mean to be safe from the individual experiences of the members of the Queer Community in Sheffield (the urban realm), and also to explore the notion of safety from Gut Level lenses in the scale of the collective (the ‘home’ sphere). Therefore, based on broad research background, the definition of safety first extended to two dimensions, from the individual experiences of Queer individuals in Sheffield as from the experience of Gut Level as a Queer collective.
Research Methodology Map (Source: Authors)
both emotional and as spatial agencies, from several interviews with the leaders of Gut Level and also as part of the “Share your experience in Sheffield” mapping that took place in the Gardening Workshop, organized at the Gut Level Headquarters. Finally, in the process of the methodology, we considered how the demands and priorities of our partners will be involved. Thus, we prioritized their focus on the urban context of Sheffield, to discover ways of defining, identifying, and perceiving the role of their spatial agencies and Queer Utopias in the construction of safety.
Secondly, as part of the methodology design, we aimed to explore the role of the community connections, 64
