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.

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.

Outcomes and Intentionality of Action Planning in Photovoice: A Literature Review

2020 ◽  
pp. 152483992095742
Author(s):  
Saria Lofton ◽  
Alexis K. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Different Levels

Participatory action research methods have been utilized to engage community members in community-driven health promotion projects addressing issues across various socioecological levels. Photovoice is one such participatory action research method that allows participants to use photography to document their experiences and dialogue to eventually influence change and reach policy makers. However, it is unclear how photovoice projects demonstrate intentional action planning and its impact on community-level outcomes. The purpose of this literature review is to understand (1) how action plans are developed, initialized and implemented in the community and (2) describe community-wide changes that occurred in photovoice projects with an action planning process. We searched scholarly databases for peer-reviewed articles that used photovoice with action planning and community-level outcomes. As a result, 19 articles were included in this review. Using the socioecological model to assess the literature, we found that action planning varied at different levels of influence. The intentionality of action planning was described through the use of specific action steps, as well as intentional dissemination to stakeholders, evaluation, and sustainability primarily at the community and organization levels. Our results suggest that the most successful photovoice projects were those that were intentional in action planning. We provide recommendations for photovoice researchers to better incorporate action planning into their methodology and make use of photovoice as an action research tool that can provide a clear, sustainable path toward community-wide changes.

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.

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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