In this episode we chat with Susan Donnelly – a postgraduate researcher exploring the use of music and song writing in a women’s refuge. This was a particularly poignant episode touching on the power of music for healing and well-being – not only for the women that Susan works with, but for everyone that experiences suffering and/or oppression. We loved learning more about participation action research and how Susan has used creative methods such as pottery in order to create an equal power dynamic in her research.

This episode has a trigger warning on discussions of domestic violence and domestic abuse.

Susan Donnelly: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/music/pgr/1513/susan-donnelly

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18dtdt93p4V7fQqDhAtTm6rJIZonPkOfnDONgOD0hfpc/edit?usp=sharing

Large text transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pHnOep0Zdaxh3A_bZfIitgI2EgHicQVAiQYoChuEqhk/edit?usp=sharing