| Title: |
Locating Fear: A pilot study examining the use of a chatbot app to surface embodied experiences of fear in situ. |
| Authors: |
Saker, M.; Mercea, D.; Myers, C. A. |
| Publisher Information: |
School of Policy & Global Affairs, City University of London |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Subject Terms: |
BF Psychology; HM Sociology; LB2300 Higher Education; QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science; RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry; psy; socio |
| Description: |
High-profile stories have highlighted the fear many women experience during their daily lives as well as the ongoing fear many students who identify as women, for instance, experience in UK universities during their education. These stories underline the seriousness and prevalence of the situation, the substantial emotional and psychological consequences relating to it, many of which remain invisible. Many studies exploring fear often exclude embodied data that is gathered by participants in the context of their daily mobilities. This pilot study was designed to address the imbalance by providing a more situated understanding of fear. Using a bespoke chatbot, City Life, the research team engaged students in the context of their lives at university, providing them with the means and the opportunity to chart their journeys to and from university, to reflect on their experience at university, moving through the campus and socializing in and out of the university. Findings indicate that while students felt generally safe within the university, the experience of higher education was not restricted to the physical space of university buildings. Nearly all our research participants frequently travelled a considerable distance to get to university. Especially the necessity to use public transport to attend university meant that participants routinely inhabited enclosed spaces with strangers engaged in anti-social behaviour. It was not always the case that participants could simply sidestep specific settings if these sites were an unavoidable element of their journey. The use of City Life enabled the research participants to document such experiences as they occurred in situ. This is important as research suggests individuals are compelled to discuss an emotional experience as soon as it has happened. Our research ultimately points to implications for how women’s educational experience may be influenced by attending a non-campus-based institution. First, the requirement to commute to and from university meant that some . |
| Document Type: |
report |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/29840/1/LF%20Policy%20Report.pdf; https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/29840/ |
| Availability: |
https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/29840/1/LF%20Policy%20Report.pdf; https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/29840/ |
| Rights: |
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| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9BF41EC8 |
| Database: |
BASE |