The issue of quality in participatory research is often difficult to nail. Hilary Bradbury and Peter Reason* propose that the answer to the question – are we [researchers] doing good work? – is answered by considering quality in relation to five key issues:
relationships;
practical outcomes;
extended ways of knowing;
purpose;
and enduring consequence.
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The issue of control – the way a PAR project is run and managed – seems to be a practical dilemma for many PAR researchers. Andrew Sense* gives an insight into the difficulties he faced in a PAR process involved in help employees in an Australian mine participate with an organizational change programme. His work [...]
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