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- Date
- June 11, 2024
- Location
- Virtual over Zoom
- Description
- Over the past two years, two ethnographic studies have been conducted using narrative interviews, life stories,
focus groups and participant observation. A narrative ethnography of participants' dilemmas and strategies
regarding their experiences on public transport in Quebec City will be presented, as well as the factors that
give rise to perceived accessibility, its social construction and the relevance of this approach, not only in
studies of mobility for people living with disabilities, but also in mobility services aimed at the general
population.
Juan Camilo Mansilla holds a doctorate in information and communication sciences (Université
Sorbonne-Nouvelle), is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en
réadaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS), a member of the Participation sociale et villes inclusives
(PSVI) team at Université Laval, and the researcher in charge of the “Ethnographie du handicap à Québec”
project (financed by SSHRC). Co-founder of the Human Mount Institute (humanmount.com), a
participatory research initiative, his research focuses on urban ethnography, qualitative methods, inclusive
mobility and active aging. Mr. Mansilla has been a visiting researcher in Tokyo, São Paulo, Berkeley,
Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Seoul.
- Date
- June 11, 2024
- Location
- Virtual over Zoom
- Description
- Over the past two years, two ethnographic studies have been conducted using narrative interviews, life stories,
focus groups and participant observation. A narrative ethnography of participants' dilemmas and strategies
regarding their experiences on public transport in Quebec City will be presented, as well as the factors that
give rise to perceived accessibility, its social construction and the relevance of this approach, not only in
studies of mobility for people living with disabilities, but also in mobility services aimed at the general
population.
Juan Camilo Mansilla holds a doctorate in information and communication sciences (Université
Sorbonne-Nouvelle), is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en
réadaptation et intégration sociale (CIRRIS), a member of the Participation sociale et villes inclusives
(PSVI) team at Université Laval, and the researcher in charge of the “Ethnographie du handicap à Québec”
project (financed by SSHRC). Co-founder of the Human Mount Institute (humanmount.com), a
participatory research initiative, his research focuses on urban ethnography, qualitative methods, inclusive
mobility and active aging. Mr. Mansilla has been a visiting researcher in Tokyo, São Paulo, Berkeley,
Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Seoul.
