As the UK prepares for the 2021 Census, a student-led conference at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ will discuss how – and why – we categorise different groups in society, and who is left out.
This conference interrogates the ways in which modes of categorisation, classification, and ‘legibility’ manifest through the production of knowledge and social science research methods. It explores the legacies of dominant methodological approaches to conducting census and surveys, highlighting the colonial histories that underpin their use, as well as their impact on research today.
Panel one, 13:30-14:30
Counting the work that doesn’t count: finding ways to research the invisible work of home, Rosie Cox
The political borders of the statistical 'Others': mobility, race and gender in survey data on migrants, Mari