PAR is a way of life: Participatory action research as core re-training for fugitive research praxis

We present critical participatory action research as an enactment of feminist research praxis in psychology. We discuss the key elements of critical participatory action research through the story of a single, national participatory project. The project was designed by and for LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, plus) and gender-expansive youth; it was called What’s Your Issue? We provide details of the research project, the dreams, desires, experiences, and structural precarity of queer and trans youth. We write this article hoping readers will appreciate the complexities of identities, attend to the relentless commitment to recognition and solidarities, learn the ethical and epistemological principles of critical participatory action research as a feminist and intersectional praxis, and appreciate the provocative blend of research and action toward social justice. Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ's website at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/pwq/suppl/index

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Art-based methods for Participatory Action Research (PAR)

Interactions Studies in Communication & Culture ◽

10.1386/iscc_00008_1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 87-96

Author(s):

Zeynep Kunt

Keyword(s):

Action Research ◽

Participatory Action Research ◽

Knowledge Production ◽

Communication Studies ◽

Multiple Perspectives ◽

Participatory Action ◽

Art Forms ◽

Research Praxis ◽

Forms Of Knowledge

By reflecting on alternative forms of knowledge co-production through art-based methods, the article discusses the potential of Participatory Action Research (PAR) as a responsive research praxis. Art-based methods have widely been used in research engaging communities through giving access to the worlds of participants. At the intersections of disciplines, benefiting from a range of art forms from photography to theatre, this approach provides the space and tools for the exploration of multiple perspectives about shared problems or questions. In this respect, PAR is a significant methodology for communication studies with its alternative ways of knowledge production by positioning ‘dialogue’ and ‘participation’ at the centre.

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The identity of Tai-Yai ethnic to promote community tourism in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand

Linguistics and Culture Review ◽

10.21744/lingcure.v6ns2.1892 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

Author(s):

Sanya Sasong

Keyword(s):

Action Research ◽

Participatory Action Research ◽

General Public ◽

Community Identity ◽

Community Level ◽

Learning Center ◽

Way Of Life ◽

Participatory Action ◽

Education Community ◽

Community Tourism

This study of the identity of Tai-Yai ethnic to promote community tourism in Mae Hong Son province is a participatory action research that aimed to find a format for building a learning center for Tai-Yai identity and to establish a network of Tai-Yai identity conservation groups that is linked to community tourism in Mae Hong Son Province. This study focused on the way of life and identity of Tai-Yai people in five districts in Mae Hong Son province include Pai, Pang Mapha, Muang, Khun Yuam, and Mae La Noi. The results of the research were as follows: the Tai-Yai communities maintain their way of life, the concept of belief in the supernatural, and Buddhism beliefs, pass on their identity to the younger generation, and transfer their identity to the general public. The Tai-Yai community of Pambok village has the potential to build a learning center for the Tai-Yai identity at the community level by linking with the Tai-Yai Education Center, Mae Hong Son province which is a “FICES” model (Sustainable Education Community Identity of Tai-Yai Faith).

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