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DISCOVER Voices | disAbility Cornwall & IoSMental Health, Labels & Lived Experience | Conversations with Dr Theo Blackmore #26 w/ Jerry Padfield
This episode of Discover Voices brings together Dr Theo Blackmore and Jerry Padfield for a deeply personal conversation about mental health, identity, and the evolving language we use to talk about lived experience.
From being sectioned under the Mental Health Act to co-producing research that challenges and reshapes services, Jerry shares his powerful journey and why some people now call themselves ‘service refusers’.
In partnership with Bath Spa University, this conversation is part of the Discover Voices podcast series -placing real voices and lived experience at the centre.
Dr Theo Blackmore is the Senior Research Fellow for the We Are The Pe...2025-05-1350 min
PhDCastingQ11 Extension. Dr Abigail Wincott, spatial audio, Past SoundsQuarter Eleven: Apr 2021 – Jun 2021A 6-month extension to my PhD funding is confirmed due to the impact of Coronavirus. I am completing the final part of the practice in my PhD and thoughts are turning to writing the Thesis and what comes after the whole PhD itself.I talk to Falmouth University based researcher Dr Abigail Wincott about her research in spatial audio and binaural recording, her Past Sounds podcast and academic life.LinksPast Sounds: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/past-sounds/id1563455180Abigail’s website: https://abigailwincott.word...2022-01-2549 minPhDCastingQ10 Reflection. Jerry Padfield, Falmouth UniversityQuarter Ten: Jan 2021 – Mar 2021A period of extreme business, Covid delays and possible funding extensions. In common with most of the academic world at this time I’m snowed under with work. In a period of reflection I decided to interview myself about my experiences during the PhD and the point at where I am in my practice.Follow me @jerrypadfield on Twitter2022-01-2526 minPhDCastingQ9 Adaptation. Josephine Coleman, Brunel UniversityQuarter Nine: October 2020 – Dec 2020The start of my last year and life gets in the way again. The first round of practice is completed, and I had planned for a couple of months of reflection and writing up time. However, a change in life circumstances and the ever-evolving response to the global pandemic means it’s time to adapt again. Which leads me to think about the constant need to adapt during a PhD. Research leads to new discoveries, which leads to new outlooks, new paths to explore. A PhD is not a static thing and should alwa...2022-01-1041 minPhDCastingQ8 Practice. Kim Fox, the Podcast ProfessorQuarter Eight: July 2020 – September 2020As the second year of the PhD draws to a close the practice part of my Practice-based PhD is in full swing. I talk about how the practice is going and some of the themes which my PhD deals with.I talk to Kim Fox, Professor of Practice at the American University in Cairo and leading podcast academic. We talk about developments in podcasting, podcasting studies and the podacademics, radio studies, her practice and research.LinksMeCCSA Radio Studies Network Reading Group:Kim’s Twitter: http...2022-01-1051 minPhDCastingQ7 COVID Confirmation. Rute Correia, community radio and open source researcherQuarter Seven: April 2020 – Jun 2020I pass the PhD candidature process at almost the same time that the Coronavirus pandemic forces a lockdown in the UK. Where do I go from here...? I also talk about the role of networking for the (introvert) PhD student and how this led to me being asked onto the Radio Studies Network Steering Group.I talk to Rute Correia, PhD student at the University of Lisbon, community radio practitioner and host of White Market podcast, researching open source software and community radio. We talk about the life of a PhD st...2022-01-101h 13PhDCastingQ6 Confirmation of Route Here We Come. Dr Sherezade Garcia Rangel, On the Hill PodcastQuarter Six: January 2020 - March 2020I present some of my work at the MeCCSA 2020 conference in Brighton. The “Confirmation of Route” process looms dangerously close, so I explain what that is and how it can be helpful. Sometimes called the PhD upgrade or Candidature Exam at other institutions it marks a point where your research so far is assessed to worthy of PhD status (or not!)I talk to Dr Sherezade Garcia Rangel, academic at Falmouth University School of Communication and creator of “On The Hill” podcast which documents the stories behind the gravestones at a cemete...2022-01-1047 minPhDCastingQ5 Pushing Water Uphill. Dr Rob Watson, Decentered MediaQuarter Five: October 2019 - December 2019I return refreshed from a summer break and determined to get things moving. However things don’t get moving. To quote Douglas Adams: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by." A PhD is a massive self-directed project; you set your own deadlines and must adjust when they are either unachievable or have to change.I talk to Dr Rob Watson, community media academic and podcaster, former director of the CMA, the body responsible for representing community radio in the UK and all-round nice gu...2022-01-101h 11PhDCastingQ4 Summertime Blues : Ivor Richards, British Broadcast Audio, Falmouth UniversityQuarter Four: July 2019 - September 2019I present at the Falmouth University Research Summer Symposium and hit a metaphorical wall. I'll talk about the need for good mental health as a postgraduate student.I talk to Ivor Richards, senior technician at Falmouth University School of Journalism and teacher of podcasting and he gives me some tips for producing a good podcast.LinksBritish Broadcast Audio www.britishbroadcastaudio.co.uk2021-12-0432 minPhDCastingQ3 Surviving AfR - moving forward : In conversation with Neil Fox of Cinematologists, New Aural CulturesQuarter Three: April 2019 - June 2019PhD: After safely progressing the AfR submission and the presentation I start to put PhD plans together, and things start to turn into projects. I talk a little about the process of putting together a literature/practice review.I talk to Neil Fox, one half of the Cinematologists podcast, a part of New Aural Cultures podcast research and podcast academic.LinksCinematologists: http://www.cinematologists.comNew Aural Cultures Book: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319900551Journal of Media Practice Disrupted Edition...2021-12-041h 11PhDCastingQ2 Application for Registration : Illustrator/Researcher Johanna RoehrQuarter Two: January 2019 - March 2019PhD progress continues with monthly workshops. The Application for Registration process starts to get real. An explanation of what that is for anyone who isn't a PhDer at Falmouth/UAL. A little talk about Imposter Syndrome - it's real and you'll experience it if you do a PhD (and aren't a psychopath).I talk to Johanna Roehr, who is an illustrator who works with neurodiversity. She also has a show on the community radio station, Source FM, called Guilty Pleasures.LinksJohanna Roehr’s website https://ww...2021-12-0446 min
The Podcast Studies PodcastPodcast Studies Presents PhDCasting 11: Extension. Dr Abigail Wincott, spatial audio, past soundsPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Eleven: Apr 2021 – Jun 2021 (Quarters are now out of sync due to impact of...2021-09-2349 min
The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 10: Reflection. Jerry Padfield, Falmouth UniversityPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Ten: Jan 2021 – Mar 2021
A period of extreme business, Covid delays an...2021-05-0626 min
The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 9: Adaptation. Josephine Coleman, Brunel University, MeCCSA Radio Studies NetworkPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Nine: October 2020 – Dec 2020
The start of my last year of fu...2021-01-2841 min
The Podcast Studies PodcastIn conversation with student podcaster Olivia TronoPodcasting as a form that is utilised by students in educational contexts has, of course, been an important strand of the medium's development and a key focus of academic analysis. Recently, there are increasing examples of MA and PhD students utilising podcasting as a form of practice-led research. Our own partnership with Jerry Padfield and his PhD casting is a key example of that. But on this episode Dario talks to another student podcaster Olivia Trono, whose project My Master's Thesis: It's a podcast (about Podcasts) completed at Ryerson University is a benchmark example of this 'genre' of podcasts...2020-11-201h 16
The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 8: Practice. Kim Fox, The Podcast ProfessorPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Eight: July 2020 – September 2020
As the second year of the PhD dr...2020-10-0751 min
The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 7: COVID Confirmation. Rute Correia, community radio and open source researcherPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Seven: April 2020 – Jun 2020
I pass the PhD candidature process at al...2020-07-021h 13
The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 6: Confirmation of Route Here We Come. Dr Sherezade Garcia Rangel, On the Hill PodcastPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Six: January 2020 - March 2020
I present some of my work...2020-06-1147 min
The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 5: Pushing Water Uphill. Dr Rob Watson, Decentered MediaPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Five: October 2019 - December 2019
In PhD Land, I return refreshed...2020-06-041h 11
The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 4: Summertime Blues. Ivor Richards, British Broadcast Audio, Falmouth UniversityPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Four: July 2019 - September 2019
The end of my first year...2020-05-2832 min
The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 3: Surviving AfR - moving forward. Dr Neil Fox of Cinematologists, New Aural CulturesPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Three: April 2019 - June 2019
PhD: After safely progressing the Application...2020-05-211h 11
The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 2: Application for Registration. Illustrator/Researcher Johanna RoehrPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Two: January 2019 - March 2019
PhD progress continues with monthly workshops...2020-05-1446 min
The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 1: What's a PhD? Helen Moore from Client Culture Arts Magazine, PlymouthPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. PhD student Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter One: September 2018-December 2018
In the first episode I...2020-05-0758 minThe Podcast Studies PodcastEp13 Intro to New Series w/ PhD student Jerry PadfieldAfter a bit of a hiatus, New Aural Cultures is back with a new series written, produced and presented by PhD student Jerry Padfield. Jerry is based down in Falmouth, Cornwall and is half-way through a PhD by practice which focuses on community radio and access. However, during the development of his project, he has begun to use podcasting as a research tool. Also, the podcast series acts an at kind of auto-ethnography for charting the process and progress of his PhD by practice. In this episode, Jerry gives an introductory overview to the series talking with Dario Llinares a...2020-05-0633 min
PhDCastingQ1 What's A PhD? : Helen Moore from Client Culture Arts Magazine, PlymouthQuarter One: September 2018-December 2018
In the first episode I reflect on the experience of starting a PhD. What expectations I had, which were true and what surprised me. Meeting my supervision team and generally learning what it means to be.... a PhD researcher... In a shock twist I win a £20 gift voucher for my Pecha Kucha presentation...
The guest is Helen Moore, editor of Client Culture Magazine which is an Arts zine reporting on the scene in Plymouth. Helen also produces a podcast to go alongside each issue of Client Culture Magazine, and h...2020-02-1858 min
Decentered Media PodcastDecentered Media Podcast 055- Community Radio for Well-Being with Jerry PadfieldIt was great being able to chat with Jerry Padfield this afternoon over the internet about how community radio is a useful way to help with mental well-being and social connection. Drawing on Jerry’s experience supporting the A Space to Speak Your Mind programme on SourceFM, Jerry shared his thoughts about how community radio has to follow a unique path which is inclusive, accessible and based on principles of creative participation. Jerry shared his experience as a studio manager with Source FM in Falmouth, and as a PhD researcher with the University of Falmouth. Jerry is a supporter of...2020-02-081h 02