Barod: Spreading Ideas and Changing Attitudes through Community Engagement
Barod is a community interest company focused on spreading ideas and changing attitudes through accessible information, research, and engaging conversations. They emphasize collaboration between academics, activists, and the community to create a new space for impactful dialogue and learning experiences.
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Barod Spreading ideas changing attitudes Web: www.barod.org Email: info@barod.org Croeso Welcome
Barod - Who we are We are a community interest company We have three worker-directors And two employees Alan Mal Anne Owen Catherine Spreading ideas changing attitudes
What we do Make easy read and accessible information Research Find out what people think Coffee shop conversations Provide speakers and thinkers Spreading ideas changing attitudes
Barod and research We are not academics (but Anne has an MA) We have not had a research grant (but we did try) We do practical policy research Models for social care social enterprise Coffee shop conversations Spreading ideas changing attitudes
Ownership My space: academics involve users Your space: activists involve academics New space: people working together Spreading ideas changing attitudes
Our experience We head-hunted an academic Topic Barod s expertise Methods Catherine s expertise We knew we needed each other It was about the people, not our hats Spreading ideas changing attitudes
Lessons we learned on creating a new space Leave your ego outside the door Bring your expertise to the table for others to use Don t gloss over or devalue anyone s skills Spreading ideas changing attitudes
But its not just about people People can leave egos outside the door But how do you leave your institution outside the door? (Maybe we will find the answer when someone works out how Structure and Agency interact in this context...) Spreading ideas changing attitudes
Impact What s the point of research? Life s too short... Impact of process Impact of findings Spreading ideas changing attitudes
Impact our experience No impact from findings (as we didn t get funded!) Impact on us: more confidence, better understanding developed the coffee shop conversations Impact on university: Re-thinking inclusive research MARS Spreading ideas changing attitudes
Old and young together Feminist web sounds like the Ely Hospital project. Modern young women meeting people who in their life time had to do direct action so the young women had stuff they didn t even have to think about. Maybe conversations always change people. Spreading ideas changing attitudes
Our advice? Know who owns the space Remember: if you involve me, you still hold the power Keep talking Keep it real Spreading ideas changing attitudes
