Belief after sexual violence
This ongoing research project (led by Dr Kelly Johnson at the University of Glasgow) explores what “belief” means in the context of sexual violence.
At a Glance
Rethinking Belief
Belief is often treated as a binary: someone is believed or they are not. This project takes a different approach by exploring belief as a complex, changing, and multi-faceted concept.
Lived experience
The research centres victim-survivors, grounding ideas about belief in focus group discussions with people who have experienced sexual violence.
Creative methods
To encourage discussion, the participants are invited to bring an object, image, written words, song lyrics, or another meaningful item that represents belief to them.
Approach
Research questions
Methodology
This research uses focus groups with victim-survivors of sexual violence. In the first focus group, object (including text and/or images) elicitation is used to share what belief means, looks and feels to victim-survivors, exploring the different facets of being believed. In the second focus group, we share ideas from other groups and present our working ideas to get feedback from participants.
Project Outputs
This project is ongoing.
Outputs will be added here as the project develops.