Understanding how PAR actually works in practice seems essential. PAR researchers use a wide variety of research methods, both qualitative and quantitative. Examples.
PAR projects range in scope and scale. Examples.
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"The challenge for PAR researchers who are serious about social change is to think through how to effectively provoke action by research that engages, that reframes social issues theoretically, that nudges those in power, that feeds organizing campaigns, and that motivates audiences to change both the way they think and how they act in the world." (Cahill & Elana Torre, 2007).- academia action agendas Alice McIntyre Andrea Cornwall barriers bias catalyst change cogenerative collaboration collective action community community needs control conventional research culture definition democracy dialogue double participation education emergence ethics evaluation Fals Borda Foote Whyte frames Greenwood Harkavy institutional change James Frideres Jenny Cameron knowledge learning legitimacy Maguire marginalized Marja-Liisa Swantz Mike Kesby modes of participation mutual learning objectivity organizational PAR organizations PAR researchers participation participatory action research PAR typology Paulo Freire politics power praxis Rachel Jewkes Rachel Pain Randy Stoecker research research process resistance resources Sara Kindon science skills small business social change space stages students sustainability tested in action transparency unintended consequences university-based validity Yoland Wadsworth
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