Place, space and recovery: An ethnographic study of well-being.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Place, space and recovery: An ethnographic study exploring community assets and well-being.
IRAS ID
290275
Contact name
Bruce Harrison
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Manchester Metropolitan University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
27554,
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
The proposed research is an ethnography of the No 93 Community Centre (formerly Harpurhey Well-Being Centre) which is managed by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH). The study was initially conceived prior to the centre becoming an NHS site. This transfer of management from third sector to GMMH necessitates an NHS ethics application. The proposed study is part of doctoral research being supervised by Manchester Metropolitan University, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council through the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership.
This study is interested in the meaning and significance that place and space have in the context of a body becoming well, specifically how well-being and recovery are produced, and continuously reconstituted. The ethnography will be observational and participatory, involving interviews and field notes from individuals who access and use the centre. The study is interested in the health geography of the local area, specifically how well-being arises and circulates alongside factors which may promote or inhibit well-being and recovery in the community. In exploring this, art-based, sensory and multi-modal methods will be used alongside walking methods in the local area.
The research is an ethnography of the centre and the community which it serves. Involvement in the study is optional and there is flexibility around how people wish to participate. People do not have to access primary or secondary care mental health services to be eligible. The ethnography will be 6 months and the findings will be disseminated through PhD publication. The proposed research will contribute to knowledge and understanding regarding the well-being and recovery experiences of the community extending scholarship in the field.
The aims of this study are:
1.) To understand and explore the role of community assets in supporting mental health recovery and well-being.
2.) To establish how the emergent capacity of recovery affected by place and space.
REC name
West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/WM/0265
Date of REC Opinion
16 Dec 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion