Value of Participatory Action Research Methodology in Investigating Design Process within Undergraduate Management Education

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noemi Maria
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Participatory Action

scholarly journals Life plan for the Yaquivá indigenous reservation in the municipality of Inza, Cauca Colombia, from the perspective of agroecology

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-151
Author(s):  
Marco Heli Franco-Valencia ◽  
Marina Sánchez de Prager
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Life Plan ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Education Project ◽  
Life Plans

The Nasa indigenous community on the Yaquivá reservation, located in the municipality of Inza (Cauca-Colombia), has designed a "Life Plan", in which education plays a fundamental role. This is reflected in the Community Education Project carried out at the Jiisa Fxiw agroecological school. However, within the Colombian ethnographic literature, there are no records that systematize these life plans from the agroecologi-cal approach. In order to help fill this gap, the objective of this study was to analyze the life plan for the Yaquivá reservation from the agroecology perspective. Participatory action research was used for the research methodology. The results identified the legal and constitutional frameworks that support this plan and action document as the main strength. In addition, the document facilitates the development of institutionalism with autonomy and identity. It was concluded that the life plan for the Yaquivá reservation, in itself, constitutes a force that surpasses the technological and productive (distributive), socioeconomic (structural), and sociopolitical (dialectical) dimensions. Additionally, as part of the Nasa indigenous community, the entire life plan is influenced and determined by its own worldview, i.e. its spiritual perspective.

Participatory Action Research

Communication ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana E. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
The People

Participatory action research (PAR) represents an epistemological framework, pedagogical approach, research methodology, and process for collaborative social action. PAR processes connect research, education, and action with the aim of addressing inequities to achieve social justice and societal transformation. By disrupting dominant notions of who holds expertise, PAR centers the situated knowledge of marginalized groups who are directly impacted by sociopolitical inequities. Central to PAR are the epistemological questions of whose knowledge counts, what counts as knowledge, who benefits from knowledge, and the purpose and audience for which knowledge is used and disseminated. One of PAR’s central tenets is that the people directly impacted by a societal issue, who must navigate systems of oppression, hold the most knowledge and wisdom regarding the complexities of the issue—and the structures, contexts, processes, and systems that (re)produce it—and how to solve it. PAR acknowledges that those directly impacted by systemic injustices have the most to lose and the most to gain in transforming the root causes of these issues and, therefore, are best positioned to motivate and lead others in partnership to address the root causes of social injustices. While PAR does not represent a collection of discrete practices, various PAR forms and approaches represent contested meanings linked to competing ideological underpinnings, societal interests, purposes, and interpretations depending on the contexts in which it emerges. For example, in some forms of PAR the purpose is to support participants in achieving greater control over their social and economic lives through intergenerational action aiming toward structural change, transforming systemic power relations, social justice that intersects with educational, socioeconomic, gender, queer and trans, disability, and racial justice. PAR recognizes that societal institutions, including schools, typically do not support historically marginalized groups in deepening their analysis of the root causes of injustices they face. The PAR process allows coresearchers to uncover the discourses and ideologies that normalize structural violence. Informed by popular education methods and social movements, PAR employs participatory pedagogical approaches that engage marginalized people in analyzing their lived experiences and contexts to disrupt grand narratives that bolster systems of domination and structural disinvestments in marginalized people’s institutions and communities. As a research methodology, PAR can include qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods and can include creative methods such as PhotoVoice. PAR products draw on research findings and recommendations to call for new initiatives, practices, and policies and can take many forms such as a presentation to powerholders, an art exhibition, a film, an organizing campaign, or a theatrical performance. PAR allows space, opportunities, tools, and structured processes to enable marginalized groups to examine inequities and injustices and to critique the dynamics of power and neoliberal logic that may manifest in their worlds and within the research team.

scholarly journals Using Photovoice to Document Living With Mental Illness on a College Campus

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 117955731882109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Skoy ◽  
Amy Werremeyer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Campus Services

Almost one-fourth of college students are living with a mental illness. Although much discussion has taken place on the mental health of today’s students, information from the students living with mental illness is lacking. The purpose of this study was to allow college students living with mental illness to document and communicate their realities with peers and university stakeholders through the participatory action research methodology, Photovoice. Seventeen college students who were prescribed at least one medication used to treat mental illness were given disposable cameras and asked to take photographs reflecting their realities of living with mental illness. Students met individually with researchers for reflection and as a focus group with other participants to discuss their photographs. All meetings were audio recorded, transcribed and qualitatively analysed. An additional meeting was held to communicate the students’ realities with campus stakeholders. Main themes identified were: insights into campus services, increasing awareness and educating others, support, and barriers to getting better. Photovoice was an effective methodology to allow college students living with mental illness to communicate with campus stakeholders to increase awareness and education. Through the sharing of photographs and reflections, policies and practices affecting students living with mental illness are being examined.

The value and limitations of Participatory Action Research methodology

2012 ◽  
Vol 474 ◽  
pp. 11-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Mackenzie ◽  
Poh-Ling Tan ◽  
Suzanne Hoverman ◽  
Claudia Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Participatory Action

scholarly journals Finding a Fale: A collaborative research project with the Tonga Leitis’ Association (TLA) exploring the causes of and solutions to housing insecurity for leiti.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Neill Ballantyne
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Safe Space ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Research Project

<p><b>This is a collaborative research project where I worked alongside the Tonga Leitis’ Association to conduct semi-structure interviews with 20 leiti into the causes of, and solutions to housing insecurity. I set out to follow a PAR (participatory action research) methodology but was constrained in fully implementing this due to constraints of the project timeline. This project draws on the principles of PAR as well as other indigenous research theories.</b></p> <p>This project contributes to the academy’s understanding of the life and challenges experienced by leiti. It shows that housing insecurity cannot be viewed in isolation but is influenced by many aspects of people’s lives. This is especially true for ‘vulnerable’ minorities such as leiti. This project revealed that leiti experience marginalisation in many ways and showed that they are often survivors of significant levels of violence.</p> <p>This study includes a range of recommendations which are driven from the participant interviews. These actions should create change which would ensure that Tongan society is more inclusive of leiti and would provide leiti with a safe space to reside if they experience violence or oppression.</p>

scholarly journals Finding a Fale: A collaborative research project with the Tonga Leitis’ Association (TLA) exploring the causes of and solutions to housing insecurity for leiti.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Neill Ballantyne
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Safe Space ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Research Project

<p><b>This is a collaborative research project where I worked alongside the Tonga Leitis’ Association to conduct semi-structure interviews with 20 leiti into the causes of, and solutions to housing insecurity. I set out to follow a PAR (participatory action research) methodology but was constrained in fully implementing this due to constraints of the project timeline. This project draws on the principles of PAR as well as other indigenous research theories.</b></p> <p>This project contributes to the academy’s understanding of the life and challenges experienced by leiti. It shows that housing insecurity cannot be viewed in isolation but is influenced by many aspects of people’s lives. This is especially true for ‘vulnerable’ minorities such as leiti. This project revealed that leiti experience marginalisation in many ways and showed that they are often survivors of significant levels of violence.</p> <p>This study includes a range of recommendations which are driven from the participant interviews. These actions should create change which would ensure that Tongan society is more inclusive of leiti and would provide leiti with a safe space to reside if they experience violence or oppression.</p>

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