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Participatory action research approaches and methods : connecting people, participation and place
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Participatory action research approaches and methods : connecting people, participation and place

Author: Sara Louise Kindon; Rachel Pain; Mike Kesby
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Series: Routledge studies in human geography, 22.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This book examines the justification, theorisation, practice and implications of participatory action research approaches and methods in the social and environmental sciences.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Sara Louise Kindon; Rachel Pain; Mike Kesby
ISBN: 9780415405508 0415405505 9780203933671 0203933672
OCLC Number: 152559184
Description: xxvi, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction: connecting people, participation and place----
Part 1: Reflection--
2. Participatory action research: origins, approaches and methods--
3. Participation as a form of power: retheorising empowerment and spatialising participatory action research--
4. Participatory action research: making a difference to theory, practice and action--
5. Toward a participatory ethics--
6. Participatory action research and researcher safety----
Part 2: Action--
7. Environment and development: (Re)Connecting community and commons in New England Fisheries, USA--
8. Working towards and beyond collaborative resource management: parks, people and participation in the Peruvian Amazon--
9. Researching sexual health: two participatory action research projects in Zimbabwe--
10. Gender and employment: participatory social auditing in Kenya--
11. Inclusive methodologies: including disabled people in participatory action research in Scotland and Canada--
12. Working with migrant communities: collaborating with the Kalayaan Centre in Vancouver, Canada--
13. Peer research with youth: negotiating (sub)cultural capital, place and participation in Aotearoa/New Zealand. 14. Participatory diagramming: a critical view from North East England--
15. Participatory cartographies: reflections from research performances in Fiji and Tanzania--
16. Participatory art: capturing spatial vocabularies in a collaborative visual methodology with Melanie Carvalho and South Asian women in London, UK--
17. Participatory theatre: 'Creating a source for staging an example' in the USA--
18. Photovoice: insights into Marginalisation through a 'community lens' in Saskatchewan, Canada--
19. Uniting people with place using participatory video in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A Ngati Hauiti journey--
20. Participatory GIS: The Humboldt/West Humboldt Park Community GIS Project, Chicago, USA----
Part 3: Reflection --
21. Participatory data analysis--
22. Participatory learning: opportunities and challenges--
23. Beyond the journal article: Representations, audience and the presentation of participatory action research--
24. Linking participatory research to action: institutional challenges--
25. Relating action to activism: theoretical and methodological reflections----
26. Conclusion: The space(s) and scale(s) of participatory action research: constructing empowering geographies?
Series Title: Routledge studies in human geography, 22.
Responsibility: edited by Sara Kindon, Rachel Pain and Mike Kesby.
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