Participatory Action Research

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    Preparing the next generation of researchers
    (UNESCO Chair, 2020-06-23) Bhatt, Nandita
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    Regionalizing the UNESCO knowledge for change consortium: K4C at the ESC!
    (UNESCO Chair, 2023-10-05) Mercy, Nkatha
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    Certificate in international perspectives in participatory research instructional guidelines
    (PRIA & UVic, 2013) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA); University of Victoria
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    Workshop report teaching of participatory research, 4-5 August 2005
    (2005-08) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    Second national inter professional dialogue on participaroty development and participatory research, April 18-24, 1997
    (PRIA & ASSWI, 1997-04) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA); Association of Schools of Social Work in India (ASSWI)
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    What is participatory research?
    (Social Science and Medicine, 1995) Cornwall, Andrea; Jewkes, Rachel
    Research strategies which emphasize participation are increasingly used in health research Breaking the linear me of conventional research, participatory research focuses on a process of sequential reflection and action, carried out with and by local people rather than on them. Local knowledge and perspectives are not or only acknowledged but form the basis for research and planning. Many of the methods used in participatory research are drawn from mainstream disciplines and conventional research itself involves varying degrees of participation. The key difference between participatory and conventional methodologies lies in the location of power in the research process. We review some of the participatory methodologies which are currently being popularized in health research, focusing on the issue of control over the research process. Participatory research raises personal, professional and political challenges which go beyond the bounds of the production of information. Problematizing 'participation', we explore the challenges and dilemmas of participatory practice.
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    An introduction to the history, theory and practice of participatory action research
    (Department of Politics and International Relations, 2025) Díaz-Arévalo, Juan Mario
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    From action research to knowledge democracy Cartagena 1977-2017
    (Colombian Journal of Sociology (RCS), 2018) Hall, Budd L; Tandon, Rajesh
    What can we learn from the histories of participatory research? In this article, Dr. Budd Hall and Dr. Rajesh Tandon reflect on the historical and political trajectories that shaped participatory action research in its current form. In conversation with pioneers such as Orlando Fals Borda, they situate participatory research within wider struggles for adult education, liberation and democratic knowledge production. Drawing from personal reflections and histories of adult education institutions, Hall and Tandon write about their own journeys into participatory research and the relationships that sustained these practices across continents. The article highlights the need for a non-fragmented methodology of action research, rooted in political praxis and committed to societal transformation. Through the work of Borda, particularly the landmark 1977 Cartagena conference that brought together over 4000 delegates to deliberate on people’s participation, the authors highlight the importance of challenging unequal relations of power and control. In revisiting these histories, the article affirms participatory action research as an ongoing project of epistemic justice and social transformation
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    Beyond partnerships: Embracing complexity to understand and improve research collaboration for global development
    (2021) Fransman, Jude; Hall, Budd L; Hayman, Rachel; Narayanan, Pradeep; Newman, Kate; Tandon, Rajesh
    While there is a burgeoning literature on the benefits of research collaboration for development, it tends to promote the idea of the ‘partnership’ as a bounded site in which interventions to improve collaborative practice can be made. This article draws on complexity theory and systems thinking to argue that such an assumption is problematic, divorcing collaboration from wider systems of research and practice. Instead, a systemic framework for understanding and evaluating collaboration is proposed. This framework is used to reflect on a set of principles for fair and equitable research collaboration that emerged from a programme of strategic research and capacity strengthening conducted by the Rethinking Research Collaborative (RRC) for the United Kingdom (UK)’s primary research funder: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The article concludes that a systemic conceptualisation of collaboration is more responsive than a ‘partnership’ approach, both to the principles of fairness and equity and also to uncertain futures.