Participatory Action Research: Through Practice to Science in Social Research

2012 ◽  
pp. 19-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Whyte ◽  
Davydd Greenwood ◽  
Peter Lazes
Author(s):  
Radilaite Cammock ◽  
Cath Conn ◽  
Shoba Nayar

Approaches to health and social research and development in the Pacific are dominated by Eurocentric frameworks that fail to reflect the region’s ethnic diversity and inherent cultural knowledge and belief systems. We aimed to advance innovative, indigenous methodology with a focus on youth voice and transformative approaches that contribute to a decolonising and sustainable model of development. Talanoa—a Pacific framework for communicating and connecting—and participatory action research were adapted to create a unique Pacific “action cycle” focused on providing opportunities to (a) hear from fruit and vegetable young entrepreneurs and (b) foster healthy and sustainable food systems among young entrepreneurs in Suva, Fiji. A Fijian worldview helped to centralise Fijian concepts of knowledge enquiry and research. This article describes the way in which Pacific Talanoa can be incorporated within a Fijian epistemological paradigm for research and development undertaken in the Fijian context.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
Anif Muchlashin ◽  
Teguh Ansori

The purpose of this study is to improve the nutritional status of toddlers whose status is still at the threshold below the red line (BGM - Bawah Garis Merah) and malnutrition that mostly caused by parenting practices that do not meet health standards. Child feeding, food menu presentation, and environmental hygiene were among several factors that cause the occurrence of BGM and malnutrition in toddlers in Bulak Banteng village of Kenjeran District, Surabaya City. In this program, the researchers used the Participatory Action Research (PAR) social research method that consists of three interconnected words (participation, research and action). In the process, researchers come with nutritionists, Posyandu cadres, and toddlers’ mothers who are affected by malnutrition. The first program creates study groups to make it easier to organize and research together, called Toddler School "Anak Aktif Ceria". The results obtained indicate that there is an increase in knowledge of toddlers’ mothers and as expectedly an increase in body weight as concrete evidence that parents are implementing the knowledge gained through the toddler school. Keywords: malnutrition, parenting, toddlers’ mother, toddlers’ nutrition, toddler school   Abstrak Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan status gizi balita yang statusnya masih di ambang batas di bawah garis merah (BGM - Bawah Garis Merah) dan gizi buruk yang sebagian besar disebabkan oleh praktik pengasuhan yang tidak memenuhi standar kesehatan. Pemberian makanan anak, penyajian menu makanan, dan kebersihan lingkungan adalah beberapa faktor yang menyebabkan terjadinya BGM dan gizi buruk pada balita di desa Bulak Banteng, Kecamatan Kenjeran, Kota Surabaya. Dalam program ini, para peneliti menggunakan metode penelitian sosial Participatory Action Research (PAR) yang terdiri dari tiga kata yang saling berhubungan (partisipasi, penelitian dan tindakan). Dalam prosesnya, peneliti datang dengan ahli gizi, kader Posyandu, dan ibu balita yang terkena gizi buruk. Program pertama menciptakan kelompok belajar untuk membuatnya lebih mudah untuk mengatur dan meneliti bersama, yang disebut Sekolah Balita "Anak Aktif Ceria". Hasil yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan pengetahuan ibu balita dan seperti yang diharapkan peningkatan berat badan sebagai bukti nyata bahwa orang tua menerapkan pengetahuan yang diperoleh melalui sekolah balita. Kata Kunci: ibu balita, malnutrisi, nutrisi balita, parenting, sekolah balita


2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Van Wijnendaele

Based on research with poor young people about the empowering impact of participatory action research (PAR), this article points to the role of emotions in confirming or subverting processes of oppression. Although participatory action research increasingly recognises emotion as part of social research, I argue that PAR is still very much associated with reflection and structured representation as key to empowerment and change. There is still relatively little attention to how our ordinary, everyday emotions mediate processes of oppression or resistance, and to the importance of changing how we feel as an act of resistance.


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