Imagining Alternative Futures

2019 ◽  
pp. 129-148
Author(s):  
Kristina Diprose ◽  
Gill Valentine ◽  
Robert M. Vanderbeck ◽  
Chen Liu ◽  
Katie Mcquaid
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Alternative Futures ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Just Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Action

This chapter considers how intergenerational community-based research and creative practice can support public engagement, foster intergenerational dialogue and inspire sustainable action on climate change. It outlines three collaborations that were part of the INTERSECTION programme: a Write About Time workshop led by Sheffield poet Helen Mort; intergenerational participatory research to support creative environmental knowledge sharing in Jinja; and a Sustainability Dancersculpture created by Sheffield artist Anthony Bennett. This work offers a lens to reflect on key findings from across the programme, suggesting creative possibilities for engaging with climate change and informing pathways to just sustainability.

Community-Based Participatory Research

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey Marie Barnett
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Partnership Approach

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) embraces a partnership approach to research that equitably involves community members, organizational representatives, social workers, and researchers in all aspects of the research process. CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community and has the aim of combining knowledge with action and achieving social change. It is community based in the sense that community members become part of the research team and researchers become engaged in the activities of the community. Community–researcher partnerships allow for a blending of values and expertise, promoting co-learning and capacity building among all partners, and integrating and achieving a balance between research and action for the mutual benefit of all partners. Various terms have been used to describe this research, including participatory action research (PAR), action research (AR), community based research (CBR), collaborative action research (CAR), anti-oppressive research, and feminist research.

scholarly journals Adaptive capacity of Arctic communities in the context of climate change and shipping growth: A review of Russian and Western literature

Polar Record ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
English Only ◽  
The Past ◽  
Arctic Communities ◽  
Circumpolar Arctic

Abstract Throughout the past two decades, the number of studies examining the adaptive capacity of Arctic communities in the context of climate change has been increasing; however, little is known about Arctic communities’ ability to adapt to certain emerging changes, such as increased shipping activity. To address this knowledge gap, this study systematically analyses published scientific articles on community adaptive capacity in circumpolar Arctic, including articles published in Russian which may not be captured in English-only reviews. Throughout this review, the study focuses on three areas: the development of the adaptive capacity framework; the conditions that enable community adaption abilities; and the extent to which shipping developments are addressed in the literature. This study demonstrates that the adaptive capacity framework has been significantly developed both theoretically and methodologically and is broadly used to address new types of climatic and non-climatic changes. Though the impacts from the shipping development are discussed in some studies, there is a clear need for further examination of coastal communities’ ability to adapt to such changes. Additionally, the study reveals limitations in the application of the Western conceptual terminology when exploring community-based research by Russian scholars.

scholarly journals Shifting Gears: Lessons Learnt From Critical, Collaborative, Self-Reflection on Community-Based Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lulza Olim de Sousa ◽  
Emerentia Antoinette Hay ◽  
Schalk Petrus Raath ◽  
Aubrey Albertino Fransman ◽  
Barend Wilhelm Richter
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Self Reflection

This article reflects the learning of five researchers in higher education in South Africa who took part in a participatory action research project to educate teachers how to integrate climate change issues into their teaching and learning. It was the first time any of the researchers had used participatory action research. We are all from natural science backgrounds and now involved in education for sustainable development. We had been trained in more traditional, objective, and researcher-driven methodologies grounded in a positivist paradigm. The purpose of this article is to share our learning about the changes we had to make in our thinking and practices to align with a participatory paradigm. We used reflective diaries to record our journey through the action research cycles. A thematic analysis of our diaries was supplemented by recorded discussions between the researchers. The analysis revealed that, while it was challenging to begin thinking in a different paradigm, we came to appreciate the value of the action research process that enabled teachers to integrate climate change issues into their teaching in a participatory way. We also concluded that we require more development to be able to conduct participatory research in a manner true to its values and principles. The conclusions we came to through our collaborative reflections may be of value to other researchers from similar scientific backgrounds who wish to learn what shifts in paradigm, methods, and processes are needed to be able to conduct community-based research in a participatory way.

Virtual Vines

2012 ◽  
pp. 78-98
Author(s):  
Marianne LeGreco ◽  
Dawn Leonard ◽  
Michelle Ferrier
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Virtual Work ◽  
Participatory Methods ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Local Initiatives ◽  
Participatory Research Methods ◽  
Conceptual Foundations ◽  
Work First

This chapter focuses on the somewhat unexpected relationship between participatory research methods, virtual work, and community-based practices. More specifically, the authors’ contribution outlines different conceptual foundations and methodological approaches related to participatory and community-based research. Embedded within this review, they address two key connections between participatory methods and virtual work. First, participatory and community-based methodologies provide a useful set of concepts and practices that can be applied in virtual contexts. Second, virtual work can facilitate participatory initiatives and achieve community-based goals. The chapter also offers two short case studies that illustrate how community-based groups often rely on virtual work to move their local initiatives forward.

scholarly journals Participatory research: Where have we been, where are we going? – A dialogue

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Budd L. Hall ◽  
Rajesh Tandon
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Research Network ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
The Creation

Rajesh Tandon and Budd Hall, the UNESCO Co-Chairs in Community-Based Research have worked together on the theory and practice of participatory research since they first met in Caracas, Venezuela in 1978. This article is a conversation between the two of them that took place in New Delhi, India in 2015. It covers the creation of the concept of participatory research, a coming to awareness of the importance and power of local knowledge, the creation of the International Participatory Research Network and their thoughts on some of the challenges facing community and academic partners today. Of note is the fact that the early roots of participatory research were found in the global South, specifically in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Of further interest is the fact that for the first 20 to 25 years, participatory research was a discourse located almost entirely outside formal academic circles but rather in social movement structures and civil society circles.

scholarly journals Climate Change in Northern Quebec: Adaptation Strategies from Community-Based Research

ARCTIC ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Tremblay ◽  
Christopher Furgal ◽  
Caroline Larrivée ◽  
Tuumasi Annanack ◽  
Peter Tookalook ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research

Further Down the Virtual Vines

2015 ◽  
pp. 147-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne LeGreco ◽  
Michelle Ferrier ◽  
Dawn Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Virtual Work ◽  
Participatory Methods ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Local Initiatives ◽  
Participatory Research Methods ◽  
Conceptual Foundations ◽  
Work First

This chapter focuses on the somewhat unexpected relationship between participatory research methods, virtual work, and community-based practices. More specifically, our contribution outlines different conceptual foundations and methodological approaches related to participatory and community-based research. Embedded within this review, we address two key connections between participatory methods and virtual work. First, participatory and community-based methodologies provide a useful set of concepts and practices that can be applied in virtual contexts. Second, virtual work can facilitate participatory initiatives and achieve community-based goals. The chapter also offers two updated case studies from the previous version of this chapter. These short case studies illustrate how community-based groups often rely on virtual work to move their local initiatives forward.

scholarly journals Development and Evaluation of a Training Program for Community-Based Participatory Research in Breast Cancer

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4310
Author(s):  
Marj Plumb ◽  
Senaida Fernandez Poole ◽  
Heather Sarantis ◽  
Susan Braun ◽  
Janna Cordeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Academic Teams ◽  
Environmental Causes

This paper describes the development and feasibility of the Community Based Research Infrastructure to Better Science (CRIBS) training. The goal of this training program was to help new or existing community-academic teams to build strong partnerships and successfully develop together fundable research projects focused on breast cancer environmental causes and disparities. A comprehensive mixed-methods participatory approach was utilized to assess the training. Twenty-two community-academic teams applied for the training program; twelve teams were enrolled. All teams completed the training and subsequently submitted research applications for funding. All components of the training received high ratings and positive qualitative comments. Self-rated competency in all of the learning domains increased during the training. Four (33%) of teams were successful in their first attempt to garner research funding, and six (50%) were eventually successful. The evaluation of CRIBS found it to have successfully achieved all four goals of the training: (1) Twelve new CBPR (community-based participatory research) teams, (2) improved knowledge about CBPR and science, (3) twelve submitted grant proposals in the first year, and (4) six (50%) successfully funded research projects.

scholarly journals Biographical Collage as a Tool in Inuit Community-Based Participatory Research and Capacity Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 160940691987730
Author(s):  
S. Dutton ◽  
C. M. Davison ◽  
M. Malla ◽  
S. Bartels ◽  
K. Collier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Building Leadership Capacity ◽  
Inuit Community

As a method in arts-based qualitative research, the collage technique has been previously utilized for data generation, elicitation, analysis, and presentation of results. Collage has also been used as a self-reflective, development exercise within community-based research due to its abstract and creative self-exploratory style. Although previously used in research with a variety of populations, there is limited evidence of applying the collage technique with First Nation, Inuit, or Métis peoples, even though many other arts-based methods, such as photovoice, have been used. This article describes the use of biographical collage as part of a community-based research project in a northern Canadian Inuit community. The technique was used as an exercise for building leadership capacity, as an elicitation technique in cross-cultural qualitative interviews, and as a decolonizing process in community-based participatory research. With the description of an in-depth example, this article showcases many benefits of using the collage technique when engaging in cross-cultural community-based research with Inuit.

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