scholarly journals Is Participatory Action Research Relevant in the Canadian Workplace?

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Candy Khan ◽  
Donna Chovanec
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Local Control ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Subsequent Section ◽  
Review Current

Participatory Action Research (PAR), with its emphasis on grassroots empowerment and local control, has a long history as the research method of choice for marginalized communities. However, unsettling questions remain about the nature of power and the promise of PAR as a truly participatory and empowering methodology. In this paper, we summarize the key theorists, principles, methodology, researcher’s role, strengths and limitations of traditional PAR. In the subsequent section, we review current critiques and revisions of PAR. Finally, Khan proposes an adjustment to PAR that reflects the strengths and limitations of PAR and the implications of applying PAR within the bounds of a capitalist social-economic structure.

scholarly journals Analysing participatory video through the capability approach – A case study in Quart de Poblet (Valencia, Spain)

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandra Boni ◽  
Aurora López-Fogués ◽  
Gynna Millán ◽  
Sergio Belda-Miquel
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Participatory Video ◽  
The Capability Approach

The aim of this paper is to analyse participatory video as a participatory action research method through the lenses of the capability approach. In order to do this, we used a participatory video experience that took place in the municipality of Quart de Poblet (Valencia, Spain) from February to March 2014. The participants were 11 young people between 16 and 24 years of age, severely affected by the economic crisis that has hit Spain in recent years. To develop our analysis, we introduced the participatory video as a technique and a process within the participatory action research methods. Then, we analysed the participatory process to verify the extent to which it had contributed to expanding the capabilities and agency of the participants. The evidence revealed a significant expansion of the awareness capability and, in some cases, of the capability for voice. In contrast, the capability to aspire and the agency of the participants were not expanded, due to contextual factors and the limitations of the process itself.

Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim and University Researchers: Partnering in Community Health Development

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
Luis Marcos ◽  
M. Rosales ◽  
Alexander Rödlach ◽  
John Stone
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Healthcare Research ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Working Together

Applied anthropologists value participatory action research (PAR). In 2008, the Society for Applied Anthropology bestowed the 2008 Bronislaw Malinowski Award upon Orlando Fals-Borda, who is best known for developing the theory and methodology of this approach and his leadership in social and political activism on behalf of and with marginalized communities. Fals-Borda argues that PAR encourages value-driven and collaboratively-conducted research that transforms the relationship between marginalized communities and the organizations that serve them so as to improve their socio-political situation (Fals-Borda and Rahman 1991). Comparably, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the US Department of Health and Human Services has recognized the value of community-based participatory research for both researchers and the community being studied (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2004:1). The Agency has emphasized the importance of academic professionals and community members working together in community-based participatory research as equal partners in developing, implementing, and using research findings to improve local health and healthcare. Community-based participatory research and participatory action research share many features.

Guiding School-Based Service-Learning With Youth Participatory Action Research

2018 ◽  
pp. 125-143
Author(s):  
Melissa Cochrane Bocci
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Youth Empowerment ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Positive Identity ◽  
Opportunity Gaps

Youth Participatory Action Research offers service-learning practitioners a critical framework for guiding their projects, particularly those engaging diverse or marginalized communities. A YPAR-guided service-learning project is youth-led, centers and affirms youth identities, examines problems and takes actions on structural and personal levels, and bases those actions on original, youth-conducted research. As such, YPAR-guided service-learning explicitly promotes youth empowerment and positive identity development, which can result in increased academic engagement and motivation, making such projects a strong option for attending to the opportunity gaps marginalized students often face in their school systems.

scholarly journals Community-Based Approaches to Reducing Health Inequities and Fostering Environmental Justice through Global Youth-Engaged Citizen Science

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 892
Author(s):  
Abby King ◽  
Feyisayo Odunitan-Wayas ◽  
Moushumi Chaudhury ◽  
Maria Rubio ◽  
Michael Baiocchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Scientific Endeavor

Growing socioeconomic and structural disparities within and between nations have created unprecedented health inequities that have been felt most keenly among the world’s youth. While policy approaches can help to mitigate such inequities, they are often challenging to enact in under-resourced and marginalized communities. Community-engaged participatory action research provides an alternative or complementary means for addressing the physical and social environmental contexts that can impact health inequities. The purpose of this article is to describe the application of a particular form of technology-enabled participatory action research, called the Our Voice citizen science research model, with youth. An overview of 20 Our Voice studies occurring across five continents indicates that youth and young adults from varied backgrounds and with interests in diverse issues affecting their communities can participate successfully in multiple contributory research processes, including those representing the full scientific endeavor. These activities can, in turn, lead to changes in physical and social environments of relevance to health, wellbeing, and, at times, climate stabilization. The article ends with future directions for the advancement of this type of community-engaged citizen science among young people across the socioeconomic spectrum.

scholarly journals Sekolah Balita sebagai Upaya Pendampingan Pengentasan Gizi Buruk pada Balita di Kelurahan Bulak Banteng Surabaya

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
Anif Muchlashin ◽  
Teguh Ansori
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Participation Research ◽  
Keywords Malnutrition

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

scholarly journals DAMPAK STIMULAN DANA PINJAMAN BERGULIR TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI PADA PELAKU EKONOMI KREATIF (USAHA MIKRO KECIL DAN MENENGAH, UMKM)

IQTISHODUNA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-178
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mansur ◽  
Junaidi Junaidi ◽  
Masyhuri Machfudz ◽  
Nahdhiyatul Kamilah
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Production Management ◽  
Return Time ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Target Group ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Group Members

The purpose of this study was to provide assistance to creative finance economic actors (MSMEs) and intervention of snacks production management by paying attention to halalan-thoyibah with all the attributes. The research method is participatory action research (PAR). The results of the study showed that (i) stimulant funds given to the target group took place 3 times. The application of  the qordhu hasan model transaction formed appropriate technology named QH-9Kj, namely qordhu hasan on seven agreements :  the number of  group members, the number of  loans, the number of returns, the number of groups, the amount of return time (for example  per week),  the amount of savings based on profit obtained, the amount of withdrawal of savings, the number of  loans for the next round and the agreement  on the amount  of money  filling voluntarily without being determined and (ii) the intervention  of  halal  production and good by conducting counseling; the result is 89% satisfaction and carry out  with a halal and thoyib  production.

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