Participatory Action Research Approaches and Methods : Connecting People, Participation and Place

by Kindon, Sara Louise; Pain, Rachel; Kesby, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780203933671
• ISBN10: 0203933672
• Copyright: 2007-12-18
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This book examines the justification, theorization, practice and implications of Participatory Action Research approaches and methods in the social and environmental sciences.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Connecting People, Participation and Place

Reflection

Participatory Action Research: Origins, Approaches and Methods

Participation as a Form of Power: Retheorising Empowerment and Spatialising Participatory Action Research

Participatory Action Research: Making a Difference to Theory, Practice and Action

Toward a Participatory Ethics

Participatory Action Research and Researcher Safety

Action

Environment and Development: (Re)Connecting Community and Commons in New England Fisheries, USA

Working Towards and beyond Collaborative Resource Management: Parks, People and Participation in the Peruvian Amazon

Researching Sexual Health: Two Participatory Action Research Projects in Zimbabwe

Gender and Employment: Participatory Social Auditing in Kenya

Inclusive Methodologies: Including Disabled People in Participatory Action Research in Scotland and Canada

Working with Migrant Communities: Collaborating with the Kalayaan Centre in Vancouver, Canada

Peer Research with Youth: Negotiating (Sub)Cultural Capital, Place and Participation in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Participatory Diagramming: A Critical View from North East England

Participatory Cartographies: Reflections from Research Performances in Fiji and Tanzania

Participatory Art: Capturing Spatial Vocabularies in a Collaborative Visual Methodology

Participatory Theatre: 'Creating a Source for Staging an Example' in the USA

Photovoice: Insights into Marginalisation through a 'Community Lens' in Saskatchewan, Canada

Uniting People with Place Using Participatory Video in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A Ngati Hauiti Journey

Participatory GIS: The Humboldt/West Humboldt Park Community GIS Project, Chicago, USA

Reflection

Participatory Data Analysis

Participatory Learning: Opportunities and Challenges

Beyond the Journal Article: Representations, Audience and the Presentation of Participatory Action Research

Linking Participatory Research to Action: Institutional Challenges

Relating Action to Activism: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections Conclusion

Conclusion: The Space(s) and Scale(s) of Participatory Action Research: Constructing Empowering Geographies?

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