Higher Education and Community-Based Research Creating a Global Vision

by Munck, Ronaldo; McIlrath, Lorraine; Hall, Budd; Tandon, Rajesh

• ISBN13: 9781137385277
• ISBN10: 1137385278
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-10-23
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The practices of community-based research spring from the understanding that research and knowledge are not created and stored in the university, then disseminated to the general public, but that research and knowledge are influenced by and created in response to community needs and contexts. This book describes, analyses, and points a way forward for the field of community-based research as practiced within higher education. It sets the historical background for current debates and engages the leaders in this field to create an imagination-driven agenda for transformation. It surveys the rich experience of community-based research participants across countries and regions, stressing both the diversity of these experiences and their common themes. Finally, it sets forth visions of how higher education and community-based research can together move forward, to the benefit of all society.

Author Biography

Ronaldo Munck is Head of Civic Engagement at Dublin City University, Ireland, and Co-chair of Campus Engage.

Lorraine McIlrath is Coordinator of the Community Knowledge Initiative at the National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland, and Principal Investigator of Campus Engage.

Budd Hall is Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education at the University of Victoria, Canada.

Rajesh Tandon is the founding President of the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, based in India, and is Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education.

Table of Contents

1. Main Issues and Perspectives: An Introduction; Ronaldo Munck, Lorraine Mc Ilrath, Budd Hall and Rajesh Tandon
PART I: OVERVIEW
2. Community-Based research: Genealogy and Prospects; Ronaldo Munck
3. Knowledge and participation: Implications for Community based research; Vanessa Liston
4. Community-Based Research and Healthy Communities; Jennifer Mullett
5.Global Foundations of Community-Based Research; Budd L. Hall and Rajesh Tandon
PART II: EXPERIENCES
6. "With or Without You": The Development of Science Shops and Their Relations to Higher Education Institutions in Europe; Norbert Steinhaus
7. Research Engagement in the UK: Evolving Paradigms; Paul Manners, Sophie Duncan, and Ceri Davies
8. Emerging Practices on Community-Engaged Research: Perspectives from Ireland; Lorraine McIlrath, Catherine Bates, Ann Lyons, Kenneth Burns and Padraig Murphy
9. Reflections on Community-Based Research in Australian Universities; Michael Cuthill
10. An Organizing Approach to Community-Based Research in the US: Historical and Contemporary Models; Scott J. Peters and Maria Avila
11. Community Engagement as a Site for the Production of New Knowledges in South Africa; Ahmed Bawa
12. The Community-Based Research Tradition in Latin America; Juta Gutberlet and Crystal Tremblay
PART III: PERSPECTIVES
13. Re-Imagining the University; Ronald Barnett
14. Higher Education and the Public Good: Uncertain Potential; Mala Singh
15. Community-Based Research in Higher Education: Obstacles and Opportunities; Ronaldo Munck, Lorraine Mc Ilrath, Budd Hall and Rajesh Tandon