Dr Natalie Djohari
- Post-Doctoral Embedded Researcher
Biography
Natalie is based at the Centre for Seldom Heard Voices. Her work draws from anthropology and human geography to understand what ‘matters’ in people’s everyday lives – specifically those things that are valued, prioritised or considered significant for wellbeing and quality of life. This focus on mattering frequently draws her to work on the disparities between policy priorities and the experiences of those who lack visibility or are seldom heard. She is particularly interested in working with vulnerable or marginalised groups, disenfranchised communities, and children and young people. Her current work is exploring experiences of informal carers as an embedded researcher with the charity Help and Care.
Natalie prioritises ethnographic methods and the development of creative and participatory approaches. Her work frequently reflects on materialities, affect, emotion, co‐constitution and mutual entanglement in everyday life. She has a special interest in waterscapes and was UK researchers for the ESRC interdisciplinary project Fishercoast: Coastal Transformations and Fisher Wellbeing – A synthesized perspectives from India and Europe (2019-2022); and was lead researcher for the young people’s section of the Big Lottery Funded Social and Community Benefits of Angling Project (2009-2013)... From 2021 to 2023 she was co-investigator (with Dr Gavin Weston) for the British Academy/Leverhulme funded project ‘Watching the Coast’ that explored volunteering and vigilance along the Kent and Sussex coast.
Most recently, she was research fellow for the ESRC funded ProTechThem: Building Awareness for Safer and Technology-Savvy Sharenting (University of Southampton) exploring the digital harms associated with sharing children’s data throughs parents’ social media posts. Past work has explored young people’s awareness of gambling advertising in Premiership football; the development of moral values in international schools; value and attachment in babywearing; materialities of place in ghost walks; and ‘value’ at the Antiques Roadshow.
moreExpertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:
Good health and well-being
"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"
Responsible consumption and production
"Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns"
