"There are lots of new faces this year… I'm not entirely sure when I became one of the old ones": a psycho-ethnography of the self at #PoWESconf five years in.

Silverio, Sergio A ORCID: 0000-0001-7177-3471 (2023) "There are lots of new faces this year… I'm not entirely sure when I became one of the old ones": a psycho-ethnography of the self at #PoWESconf five years in. Frontiers in psychology, 14. p. 1280940. ISSN 1664-1078, 1664-1078

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Abstract

Conferences have been discussed as spaces for academic work to extend beyond the confines of one's institution, fostering environments of collaborative working, learning, and social bond-making. The British Psychological Society's Psychology of Women and Equalities Section hosts an annual conference, attended by feminist scholars from around the world. Drawing on auto-ethnography and psycho-biography, this paper presents a 'psycho-ethnography of the self' with reflections centred on: 'Scholarship', 'Feminist Praxis'; '(Safe) Academic Spaces'; and 'Positioning the Self'. This article contributes to a small, but growing body of literature critically reflecting on conferences as spaces for personal and professional development and academic growth.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	conferences, feminist praxis, positioning the self, PoWES, psycho-ethnography, scholarship
Divisions:	Faculty of Health & Life Sciences Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > Inst. Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2024 11:15
Last Modified:	22 May 2026 16:55
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1280940
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1280940
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3178435
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