scholarly journals Constructing a Dual-Subjectivity

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Brian David Lozenski
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Ethnic Studies ◽  
African Descent ◽  
Political Agency ◽  
The Political ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Africana Studies ◽  
The Us

This article explores the outcomes of using participatory action research with youth (YPAR) as an entry point into Africana Studies. The author draws from empirical research and anecdotal narratives to document a program where youth of African descent in the US engage in Ethnic Studies through the lens of action research. Beginning with a tracing of the development of Ethnic Studies in the US, the author shows how combining Ethnic Studies and YPAR builds a dual-subjectivity within youth where they are subjects of their own curricular exploration and simultaneously developing a subjectivity as researchers and knowledge producers. The article highlights three major implications of this dual-subjectivity for the political agency of youth of African descent living in a midsized US city.

'We got the power!' The political potential of street choirs

Soundings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (73) ◽  
pp. 129-143
Author(s):  
Campaign Choirs Writing Collective
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Emotional Engagement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
The World ◽  
Oral History Interviews

Song has the power to express a social truth and is consistently employed in actions across the world in solidarity with political struggle. This article discusses the campaigning work of the Campaign Choirs Network, a UK network of radical political choirs, whose story is founded on diverse solidarities and a commitment to singing as a means of emotional engagement and pedagogy. The network has conducted a participatory action research programme, including oral history interviews with 42 members of 11 street choirs, exploring members' life-course activism and their utopian imaginaries. As one aspect of their research, the authors sought to more fully understand the emotions that song and singing release, and the connections that can then be made between people – in order to find out more about the nature of the power of song and the political possibilities of such connections. Drawing extensively on the interviews, this article discusses the political and pedagogic possibilities of the emotions released through singing.

scholarly journals Pengelolaan Keuangan di Desa Pesisir Berdasarkan Asas Partisipasi dalam Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 Tentang Desa sebagai Upaya Akuntabilitas Publik di Kabupaten Gresik

2015 ◽  
pp. 111-128
Author(s):  
Chomariyah
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Fund Allocation ◽  
The Village

The financial management in the coastal villages based on the principle of public participation is regulated in Act Number 6 of 2014 on the Village. The regulating is intended that rural communities can participate and play the role and can directly involve in financial management, including the supervision on financial allocations. The selected coastal villages in Gresik are Pangkah Kulon village, Banyu Urip village and Campurejo village; the villages are in two sub-districts (kecamatan), Ujung Pangkah and Panceng. This research is an empirical research with the steps which refer to the principle of PAR (Participatory Action Research). The research advances show that the location of the research and the regulations have been identified; the informants have been determined; and the data on Village Fund Allocation and the model of village financial management of which each village makes have been collected. As a result of the research, the model of financial management in Pangkah Kulon village, Banyu Urip village and Campurejo village is not maximally in accordance with the steps that should be as in the regulations, particularly in the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 113 of 2014 on Village Financial Management. The used format is not uniform.

scholarly journals The Education-Industrial Complex: A Consideration of Power, Educational Institution and the Political Disengagement of Urban Secondary Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy Crayton, Ph.D.
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
K 12

The K-12 system of education is a complex organization that has historically denied students of low socio-economic status the opportunity for political engagement through the exercise of power (Apple, 1993; Ben-Porath, 2013; Boggs, 2000; Crayton, 2014; Ethiraj & Levinthal, 2009; Fazzaro, 2006; Gordon, 1980; Horowitz, 1969; Karabel, 1977; Lukes, 2005; Shipps, 2008; Wedel, 2009). This statement is in response to a series of questions presented by members of my Academic Advisory Committee, respectively, as a Qualifying Exam for doctoral candidacy in Urban Education Studies. This article is a response to the series of questions that will address the concern of the opening statement including: Professor Peter Seybold’s Questions of Power in the K-12 Education System; Professor Brendan Maxcy’s request on the state of political youth engagement in Urban Secondary Schools; and Professor Jim Scheurich’s request for focus on PAR (Participatory Action Research) and YPAR (Youth Participatory Action Research) in the education system as they relate to the political engagement of Urban Secondary Students.

scholarly journals The Education-Industrial Complex: A Consideration of Power, Educational Institution and the Political Disengagement of Urban Secondary Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy Crayton, Ph.D.
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
K 12

The K-12 system of education is a complex organization that has historically denied students of low socio-economic status the opportunity for political engagement through the exercise of power (Apple, 1993; Ben-Porath, 2013; Boggs, 2000; Crayton, 2014; Ethiraj & Levinthal, 2009; Fazzaro, 2006; Gordon, 1980; Horowitz, 1969; Karabel, 1977; Lukes, 2005; Shipps, 2008; Wedel, 2009). This statement is in response to a series of questions presented by members of my Academic Advisory Committee, respectively, as a Qualifying Exam for doctoral candidacy in Urban Education Studies. This article is a response to the series of questions that will address the concern of the opening statement including: Professor Peter Seybold’s Questions of Power in the K-12 Education System; Professor Brendan Maxcy’s request on the state of political youth engagement in Urban Secondary Schools; and Professor Jim Scheurich’s request for focus on PAR (Participatory Action Research) and YPAR (Youth Participatory Action Research) in the education system as they relate to the political engagement of Urban Secondary Students.

Finding a place for my research to belong: experiences of early-career social work participatory action researchers in neoliberal academia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine S. Kramer ◽  
Darren Cosgrove ◽  
Sarah Mountz ◽  
Eunwoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Us

Social workers face complex challenges that demand practice-engaged research and research-engaged practice. Participatory action research and community-based participatory research span the boundaries that often exist between the research and practice communities. Some social workers argue the values underpinning participatory action research and community-based participatory research align with the values of the profession; however, such methodologies are not widely represented in social work research in the US. This article presents the findings of a study examining the lived experiences of 15 early-career scholars, mostly based in the US, who were pursuing participatory action research and community-based participatory research. The neoliberalisation of the academy pervaded their experiences, presenting significant barriers to their ability to pursue action-oriented methodologies. Review of the international participatory action research literature also suggests the US may contrast with other regions in the world like Asia and Latin America, where participatory action research is more robust. Recommendations to better develop participatory action research social work literature are offered.

Decolonial Sketches and Intercultural Approaches to Truth: Corporeal Experiences and Testimonies of Indigenous Women in Colombia

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-79
Author(s):  
Angela Santamaría ◽  
Dunen Muelas ◽  
Paula Caceres ◽  
Wendi Kuetguaje ◽  
Julian Villegas
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
The Political ◽  
Truth Commission ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Body Mapping

Abstract This article explores the corporeal and testimonial memories of a group of female indigenous ex-combatants and victims in the Colombian Caribbean and Amazon. Although these groups have often been analyzed in the transitional justice literature, our primary objective is to analyze two local processes for retrieving indigenous women’s memories and possible feminist participatory action research methodologies in the Colombian postconflict context. We examined empowering intercultural and intersectional methodologies to promote the political participation of indigenous women – both ‘victims’ and ‘perpetrators’ – in the Colombian Truth Commission implemented after the peace agreement was enacted. We explain how participatory action research should be used, including techniques such as indigenous women’s body mapping, creating testimonial spaces and conducting ethnographic observations. The article is based on a transitional justice ‘from below’ perspective as well as local transitional justice practices.

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