Knowledge Democracy and Participatory Research
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Welcome to the Knowledge Democracy and Participatory Research Community. This community serves as a comprehensive repository of resources on participatory approaches, community-based research, and collaborative inquiry methods. Our mission is to foster knowledge sharing and support initiatives that empower communities to contribute to research, ensuring their voices shape the knowledge that impacts their lives.
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Item 50th anniversary edition of pedagogy of the oppressed: A review(2020) Hall, Budd LItem A Brief Note on the Participatory Research Methodology(1980-03) Couillard, Marie-AndreeThis working paper by Marie-Andree Couillard, prepared for the KANITA Workshop II at Universiti Sains Malaysia, explores participatory research as a methodology for involving rural and underprivileged communities in the research process. It highlights the challenges, responsibilities, and practical considerations of using participatory methods within development projects. The author discusses the historical context, theoretical foundations, and pragmatic limitations of participatory research, questioning its efficacy in truly empowering the poor within constrained socio-economic systems.Item A Case Study of Participatory Research Among Farmer-Settlers in Southern Philippines(International Investigative Forum on Participatory Research, Yugoslavia, 1980-04) Belamide, EileenThis case study examines participatory research as a tool in rural organizing among farmer-settlers in a village in Southern Philippines. The settlers, migrant farmers from Central Philippines, faced land disputes after clearing and cultivating forested areas. This research highlights the socio-economic challenges, land rights issues, and the impact of participatory methods in empowering communities for collective action. The study explores the process and outcomes of participatory research embedded in a rural organizer training program, emphasizing the role of data gathering for community action.Item ‘A giant human hashtag’: Learning and the #occupy movement(2011) Hall, Budd LItem A Northeastern Brazilian: Memories of Paulo Freire(2018) Hall, Budd LItem A note on the Participatory Research Project in the Asian region(1981) Tandon, RajeshThis paper traces the rise of participatory research as a response to the limits of conventional social science, linking it to wider struggles for democracy and development. It reflects on both its potential and contradictions, framing it as an ongoing project rather than a finished method.Item A Participatory Approach to Organisational Renewal and Larning(0000) Singh, Ashok; Roy, PrabalIn recent years, a considerable amount of enthusiasm for Organisational Development (OD) has been generated in the development sector. Although OD as a field of theory and practice has a fairly lengthy history, its relevance to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has only recently been realised. There are a number of reasons for this. NGOs by and large, are social change oriented organisations, that is to say, they live in and promote change processes. When independent and autonomous forces create changes in the external constituencies where NGOs conduct their main business, the pressures on these organisations to keep pace with change intensify. Most NGOs today find themselves in a web of relationships with other autonomous actors and agencies with conflicting expectations and demands. Several NGOs have to rely on external resource-providers usually disconnected from the local situations and contexts where NGOs conduct their business.Item A Report on the Asian Regional Meeting of Participatory Research(PRA, 1979) Tandon, RajeshA regional (Asian) meeting of participatory research was organized in Bangkok, Thailand with the assistance of ASPBAE during April, 1979. The participants included one representative from Philippines, Korea, Bangladesh, Australia and India, and ten Thais.. There was also a representative from UNESCO, Dr J.R. Kidd also participated in the meeting for a part of the time. Two Qanadian colleagues presently doing fieldwork in Thailand also joined. This was a first meeting of its kind organized in a limited fashion to strengthen Participatory Research in Asia. Specifically, the objectives of the meeting were: (a) to discuss and understand the concept of Participatory Research approach; (b) to share experiences of Participatory Research from various countries in Asia; (c) to develop mechanisms for extending the network of Participatory Research in Asia.Item A Review: The Participatory Research Project(0000) MacNeil, TeresaThis paper by Dr. Teresa MacNeil critically explores the concept and methodology of participatory research, focusing on its philosophical implications and behavioral considerations for researchers. Drawing from various examples, including the Dene's involvement in the Berger Inquiry, the paper reflects on how participatory research can lead to empowerment, self-definition, and community transformation. The paper delves into the practicalities and challenges faced by researchers, as well as the need for concrete strategies to facilitate effective participatory methods.Item A river of life: Learning and environmental social movements(Interface: A journal for and about social movement, 2009) Hall, Budd LItem About PRA and PRA Tools(0000)Participatory Assessment (PRA) is a particular form of QUALITATIVE RESEARCH used to gain an in-depth understanding of a community or a situation. It is sometimes called participatory 'rapid' assessment because the information is collected in a few weeks. PRA is a form of assessment based on the participation of a range of different people including people from the community affected by the work. The emphasis is on participation rather than on being particularly rapid (hence PRA is sometimes called participatory relaxed assessment). The aim is for people to analyse their own situation, rather than to have it analysed by outsiders. This makes it a particularly useful tool for any kind of community development.Item Action for What ? A Critique of Evaluative Research(0000) Suchman, Edward A.This document critiques evaluative research in the context of planned social change, exploring its objectives, methodologies, and implications. Evaluative research aims to measure the effectiveness of service and action programs, emphasizing objectives like the desirability of change, the ability to measure it, and the application of scientific methods to intervention programs. The discussion distinguishes between demonstration and operational programs, emphasizing the need for tailored evaluation designs, prototype testing, and continuous service improvement. The critique also addresses challenges in evaluator-program staff collaboration, advocating for participatory approaches in setting goals and implementing recommendations to enhance evaluation utilization.Item Action Research: Toward a Procedural Model(Human Relations, 1976) Cunningham, BartThis paper discusses the Action Research (AR) approach to organizational decision-making, where the entire organization identifies needs, solves problems, and implements decisions. The article outlines the key components of AR, including the Action Research Group and the Action Researcher. It highlights the importance of member participation, group dynamics, and social forces in facilitating effective organizational change. A procedural model for Action Research is presented, with detailed discussions on its phases, group development, and evaluation processes.Item Action-Research: Assumptions and Practice(Public Enterprises Centre for Continuing Education, 0000) Tandon, RajeshThis paper discusses the assumptions and practices associated with action-research in social science. It critiques the classical enquiry approach, focusing on its assumptions about knowledge generation, objectivity, and the separation between researcher and subject. It explores the ideological, epistemological, and methodological aspects of action-research, highlighting its cyclical nature and the integration of understanding with change. The paper contrasts the traditional approach to research with action-research, emphasizing the value of subjective experience, experiential learning, and intervention in social systems as legitimate means of knowledge generation.Item Adult Education & Democracy: Popular Education, A Tool for Maintaining and Developing Democracy(1991-04) Proulx, JacquesItem Adult Education & Livelihood Women as Agents of Change(0000) Pant, MandakiniOut of an estimated 1.2 billion poor people in the world, over two-thirds are women. They face abject poverty in want of adequate food, clean water, sanitation, and health care. They often lack access to the critical resources of credit, land and inheritance. They are denied opportunities, choices; access to information, education, and skills. Without any sense of power whatsoever, their participation in decision-making is minimal, both at home and in the community.