scholarly journals Model of conflict resolution at KHDTK Carita through participatory action research

2021 ◽  
Vol 917 (1) ◽  
pp. 012008
Author(s):  
I Bangsawan ◽  
L R Wibowo ◽  
Subarudi ◽  
I Hudiyani ◽  
L Hakim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Land Conflicts ◽  
National Priority ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Priority Policy

Abstract The Minister of Environment and Forestry has designated 52 units of Special Purpose Forest Areas (KHDTK) in 2015, in which the Research Development and Innovation Agency manages 35 units with an area of 37,569 ha. In fact, almost all of the KHDTK areas are inseparable from land conflicts with local communities, including in KHDTK Carita. More than 600 farmers have encroached 80% of the area by developing non-forestry crops. This study aims to provide a policy recommendation for conflict resolution in KHDTK and encourage the acceleration of implementation and achievement of national priority policy targets for social forestry. For this study, a participatory action research (PAR) approach is used to encourage social change at the local level and policies at national level. The results of the study reveal that there are two types of conflict namely management conflict involving three different institutions, and utilization conflict involving residents who live in two different villages. A combination of a local elite approach and a formal (legality) approach are needed in conflict resolution. Recognition and protection of forestry partnerships (Kulin KK) is also one of the solutions offered in conflict resolution.

The Use of Participatory Action Research to Create a Positive Youth Development Program

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 2-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Hamby ◽  
Meghan Pierce ◽  
Kim Daniloski ◽  
David Brinberg
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Youth Development Program ◽  
Marketing Approach

A positive youth development program focusing on HIV prevention, alcohol abuse prevention, conflict resolution skills, and managing peer pressure was developed and implemented in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Participatory action research methods were combined with a social marketing approach to generate and implement a narrative-based curriculum. A posttest-only control group field experiment was used to evaluate the impact of a classroom intervention on adolescents' knowledge and attitudes related to the topics covered. The narrative-based curriculum was more effective than the standard, government-endorsed curriculum in increasing knowledge and changing attitudes toward sexual behavior and conflict resolution. The implications of implementing a narrative-based curriculum using a social marketing approach are discussed.

scholarly journals A framework for distributed health professions training: using participatory action research to build consensus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan C Van Schalkwyk ◽  
Ian D Couper ◽  
Julia Blitz ◽  
Marietjie Rene De Villiers
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
National Level ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Distributed Training ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Action Research Approach

Abstract Background There is a global trend towards providing training for health professions students outside of tertiary academic complexes. In many countries, this shift places pressure on available sites and the resources at their disposal, specifically within the public health sector. Introducing an educational remit into a complex health system is challenging, requiring commitment from a range of stakeholders, including national authorities. To facilitate the effective implementation of distributed training, we developed a guiding framework through an extensive, national consultative process with a view to informing both practice and policy.Methods We adopted a participatory action research approach over a four year period across three phases, which included seven local, provincial and national consultative workshops, reflective work sessions by the research team, and expert reviews. Approximately 240 people participated in these activities. Engagement with the national department of health and health professions council further informed the development of the Framework. Results Each successive ‘feedback loop’ contributed to the development of the Framework which comprised a set of guiding principles, as well as the components essential to the effective implementation of distributed training. Analysis further pointed to the centrality of relationships, while emphasising the importance of involving all sectors relevant to the training of health professionals. A tool to facilitate the implementation of the Framework was also developed, incorporating a set of ‘Simple Rules for Effective distributed health professions training’. A national consensus statement was adopted.Conclusions In this project, we drew on the thinking and practices of key stakeholders to enable a synthesis between their embodied and inscribed knowledge, and the prevailing literature, this with a view to further enaction as the knowledge generators become knowledge users. The Framework and its subsequent implementation has not only assisted us to apply the evidence to our educational practice, but also to begin to influence policy at a national level.

GIRRL power! Participatory Action Research for building girl-led community resilience in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylah Forbes-Genade ◽  
Dewald van Niekerk
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Participatory Action

This article aims to crystallize the contributions of the Girls in Risk Reduction Leadership (GIRRL) Program in building resilient communities through the integration of adolescent girls into local level decision-making and action for reducing disaster risk. Disadvantaged adolescent girls carry a double burden derived from vulnerability associated with gender and age within the context of disaster risk. Girls often face greater danger than boys or adults and are perceived as powerless. Their needs go unheard and capacities ignored because of their exclusion from decision-making and social participation. Efforts to reduce risk must be inclusive of the needs of vulnerable populations. Despite global calls for the inclusion of women, children, and youth in risk reduction policy and planning, its application has been insufficient. The GIRRL Program, utilizing Participatory Action Research, helped to catalyze the capacities of girls through personal empowerment to drive the agenda for inclusive involvement of vulnerable populations to build community resilience. The paper will document the contributions of the GIRRL Program to improving community resilience through engaging decision-making, facilitating multi-sectoral understanding of vulnerability and risk, validating the importance of girls in risk reduction, creating capacity to manage girl-led processes, and strengthening risk reduction through local girl-led activities.

scholarly journals Navigating the Perilous Waters of Partisan Scholarship: Participatory Action Research (PAR) with the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF)

2021 ◽  
pp. 095001702110385
Author(s):  
Huw Thomas ◽  
Peter Turnbull
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Global Trade ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Transport Workers ◽  
Different Levels

Participatory action research (PAR) has been offered up as a methodological orientation for public sociology. The challenges of PAR at the local level have been well documented. In contrast, PAR with the labour movement, in particular international meta-organisations such as global trade union federations, has received short shrift. We demonstrate how partisan scholars working with the labour movement can engage with both the different logics of collective action and the different levels of worker representation in pursuit of (political) emancipation. To illustrate how PAR can be ‘scaled up’ from the local to the global, we reflect on our participation with the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF). This revealed three particular perils of PAR – personal, purpose and political – that partisan scholars must navigate in order to foster action and emancipation by research. While PAR is an affirming process for our research partners, it is not a panacea for their problems.

scholarly journals A framework for distributed health professions training: using participatory action research to build consensus

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan C Van Schalkwyk ◽  
Ian D Couper ◽  
Julia Blitz ◽  
Marietjie Rene De Villiers
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
National Level ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Distributed Training ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Action Research Approach

Abstract Introduction There is a global trend towards providing training for health professions students outside of tertiary academic complexes. In many countries, this shift places pressure on available sites and the resources at their disposal, specifically within the public health sector. Introducing an educational remit into a complex health system is challenging, requiring commitment from a range of stakeholders, including national authorities. To facilitate the effective implementation of distributed training, we developed a guiding framework through an extensive, national consultative process with a view to informing both practice and policy.Methods We adopted a participatory action research approach over a four year period across three phases, which included seven local, provincial and national consultative workshops, reflective work sessions by the research team, and expert reviews. Approximately 240 people participated in these activities. Engagement with the national department of health and health professions council further informed the development of the Framework.Results Each successive ‘feedback loop’ contributed to the development of the Framework which comprised a set of guiding principles, as well as the components essential to the effective implementation of distributed training. Analysis further pointed to the centrality of relationships, while emphasising the importance of involving all sectors relevant to the training of health professionals. A tool to facilitate the implementation of the Framework was also developed, incorporating a set of ‘Simple Rules for Effective DHPT’. A national consensus statement was adopted.Conclusions In this project, we drew on the thinking and practices of key role players to enable a synthesis between their embodied and inscribed knowledge, and the prevailing literature, this with a view to further enaction as the knowledge generators become knowledge users. The Framework and its subsequent implementation has not only assisted us to apply the evidence to our educational practice, but also to begin to influence policy at a national level.

Learning from and with community-based and participatory action research: Constraints and adaptations in a youth-peacebuilding initiative in Haiti

2020 ◽  
pp. 147675032091622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reina C Neufeldt ◽  
Rich Janzen
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research

Participatory action research fits well with conflict resolution and peacebuilding; it is used by scholar-practitioners as part of field-based practice efforts that contribute to transforming conflict and add to scholarly knowledge. However, as Cynthia Chataway’s analysis of a participatory action research project undertaken with the Mohawk community of Kahnawake indicated, there are considerable constraints on mutual inquiry when it occurs in settings marked by historical oppression, distrust of outsiders and internal division; these constraints require the model to respond to the community context. Drawing on this insight, this paper explores a recent collaborative, community-based research that was part of a larger youth-centered peacebuilding and security initiative in Haiti. The initiative involved partners from Canada supporting a non-governmental organization and youth in four communities to engage in action research, under the umbrella of community-based research, as part of the 26-month project. The article draws out insights on ways in which the community-based research approach adapted to the conflict context, and reflects on the ways in which this form of engaged scholarship adds to knowledge in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

scholarly journals Participatory action research in planning for health at local level: Case study Kosovo

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Salihu Zajmi ◽  
M Berisha ◽  
I Begolli ◽  
N Ramadani ◽  
G Pavlekovic
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Participatory Action

Communicative space and working locally: A report of a participatory action research project in a remote rural school in Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-152
Author(s):  
Safayet Alam
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Models Of Teaching ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Communicative Space

Teachers’ professional development is a top priority in education of Bangladesh, but the literature reports existing models of teaching are unsatisfactory. This article reports a participatory action research project in a remote rural secondary school in Bangladesh, and discusses how a locally focused process enabled teachers to create a communicative space in which they could explore their understandings of teaching and evolve as a learning community. It argues that improvement in teaching can occur at local level, despite constraints of poverty and lack of resources, when local teachers are enabled to challenge themselves and each other to better meet the needs of students within their community.

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