Dr Ray Chan from the University of Exeter delivered a seminar and a workshop on two consecutive days to OHRP researchers and veterinary practitioners during his short stay in Hong Kong.
The seminar on 31 Jan 2023 was titled “Mapping the Good Farmer: Using Narrated Mapping Methodology to Explore Pig Farming and Biosecurity Practices in the New Territories of Hong Kong”. Ray shared with the audience the broader methodological implications for the concept of good farming.
The topic of the workshop on 1 Feb 2023 was “Understand Animal Health Practices: A Social Science Approach”. Three major types of qualitative methodologies (i.e. in-depth interviews, biographical narrative approach and narrated mapping) were introduced to veterinary scientists to explore how farmers used antimicrobials, practiced vaccination and adopted biosecurity practices in their farms.