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This final concluding chapter draws together key strands from the book. It reflects on the insights into the development of and the doing of sandboxing, both from the authors’ practice and the examples of the work of other researchers who undertake qualitative interviewing with sand, objects, and figures. It then considers how sandboxing may be taken forward in the future and invites readers to contemplate the ways in which they could adopt, adapt, and advance sandboxing in their ongoing research journeys.
This short introductory chapter serves as an outline to the book. We begin by sharing our personal sandboxing journeys, explaining how we adapted the sandboxing method from The World Technique. We reflect on the first time that we applied the sandboxing method in a research study to explore the experiences of mature undergraduates in higher education: providing a tray filled with sand and miniature figures and objects for participants to create a representation of their educational pathways, barriers, and support systems. In thinking through our intended audience and what we wanted our book to offer readers, we decided that it would be useful to sandbox our ideas. We draw on this sandbox activity to discuss the aims and objectives of the book. The chapter then offers the reader a succinct overview of the following chapters as an orientation to what is to come and what this book has to offer for readers interested in Qualitative Interviewing with Sand, Objects, and Figures.
This chapter examines adaptions to the sandboxing method at different stages of the research process. The case studies draw on research with care-experienced and adopted children and young people; staff and young people in the heritage sector; domestic abuse support workers; and children transitioning to secondary school. The chapter begins by considering the data generation stage, focusing on the introduction of water to the sand tray, the use of the sandboxing figures in different contexts such as a doll’s house, and how sandboxing figures can be modified with other materials. The chapter then reflects on the opportunities for sandboxing scenes and figures to act as tools of engagement in the dissemination of findings and in increasing impact, while at the same time retaining anonymity for participants, exploring the use of sandboxing figures and objects in published articles and short films.
This chapter begins by situating sandboxing within Indigenous practices of sand as a knowledge-producing and creating medium, rejecting the ‘coloniality of design’ that often silences the historical legacy of creativity outside of the geo-political North. It then introduces European psychoanalytical traditions and therapeutic approaches, and documents how material objects have been utilised to access the unconscious and support clients to make sense of traumatic experiences. There is an acknowledgement of how sandpits have been used in play therapy, leading to an emphasis on sand trays in Margaret Lowenfeld’s World Technique. The transference of the sand tray from therapeutic spaces to techniques of qualitative research is discussed as an introduction to sandboxing. The sandboxing method is then outlined, in terms of its equipment, and a case example of its first use in a research study briefly outlines the stages of data generation and analysis. Lastly, critical attention is given to the associated ethical considerations and the extent to which sandboxing can be seen as a participatory approach in qualitative research.
This chapter is concerned with how sandboxing has been adopted as the basis for interviews in qualitative research studies. It begins by outlining a range of case examples from studies over the past decade that illustrate the affordances, limitations, and ethical considerations of working with objects, figures, and sand. The case studies draw on research with mature students in higher education; queer Latinx men in Australia; people with intellectual disabilities; young parents; young people who have experienced debt; domestic abuse support workers; care-experienced children; children transitioning to secondary school; children whose mothers are in prison; and parentally bereaved children. It introduces studies that have combined sandboxing with other creative techniques of data generation, including body mapping, collage, diaries, drawing, and timelines; exploring the interactions between these different methods and the layering of insights into participants’ lives and experiences. The chapter also outlines some frameworks of analysis that have been applied to make sense of the data generated in studies using sandboxing. Before concluding, the chapter offers some reflections on researcher wellbeing, as while ethical protocols and situated ethics prioritise the protection of participants, the emotional impacts that researchers negotiate are not always given significant attention.
This is the essential guide to the innovative qualitative research technique of sandboxing.
Originating from play therapy, sandboxing enables children, young people and adults to create three-dimensional scenes using miniature figures and everyday objects in a sand-filled tray. Creating these sand scenes offers opportunities for individuals and groups to reflect on and represent memories, everyday experiences and ideas about the future, which are then shared and discussed.
Offering an invaluable resource for students, researchers and practitioners, this comprehensive book:
- introduces a creative and engaging approach to qualitative data generation;
- features key international case studies, real-world examples and thoughtful reflections on the method’s strengths and limitations;
- equips readers with the tools needed to effectively implement sandboxing in their research journey.
By drawing on creativity, reflexivity, ethics and expertise this book unlocks sandboxing’s potential to transform your research with an inventive and imaginative approach.
This chapter explores the law on abortion and contraception in the UK through a feminist lens, considering ethical perspectives on reproductive autonomy and critiques of the current law from this viewpoint. This chapter introduces two key abortion law reform debates: decriminalisation, in light of increasing investigations and prosecutions of suspected illegal abortions; and abortion on the grounds on fetal disability, following recent legal challenges to this ground. Perspectives from disability rights advocates are introduced here to highlight the discriminatory nature of the law. Finally, this chapter introduces the reproductive justice framework – a concept developed by Black women in the US context – and applies it as a critique of court-ordered abortion and contraceptive decisions for people with intellectual disabilities.
This chapter explores current debates on planning and growth. It begins by assessing the proponents of good growth, including sustainable development, doughnut economics and inclusive growth. It then moves on to green growth, which is grounded in the ecological modernisation framework. It pays particular attention to the circular economy model and to debates about delinking economic activity and resource use. Finally, it addresses the degrowth arguments and considers its suitability as a basis for a new planning approach. The chapter concludes by arguing for a pragmatic post-growth perspective.
This chapter explores the relevance of ethnicity, sexuality, and age in the law of assisted reproduction and infertility. We consider the extent to which the law engages with the interests of individuals of different ethnicities, LGBTQI+ individuals and families, and different age groups. The impact of this, including the symbolic messages that the law communicates through to the effect that clinical practice has on families undergoing treatment, can be felt at several levels. With this in mind, this chapter explores the ways in which the voices of non-dominant groups become marginalised in discourses surrounding assisted reproductive technologies and how we can foreground a more diverse range of voices in relation to this.
