Participatory Action Research
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Item Lived realities of women sanitation workers in india insights from a participatory research conducted in three cities of India(Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2019-06) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)This paper is about the everyday lives of women sanitation workers in Ajmer, Jhansi and Muzaffarpur, drawn from a 2018 participatory study of 206 women conducted under PRIA's Engaged Citizens Responsive City initiative. The paper traces how poverty, caste and gender intersect in the accounts gathered, alongside a fourth thread - the role education, or its absence, plays in keeping these women locked into sanitation work across generations. Interviews, focus group discussions, shadowing exercises and daily logs shaped the research, and the paper stays close to the women's own words rather than smoothing them into policy language. It documents that contractual and outsourced workers earn far less than permanent staff for the same labour, often without safety gear, payslips or basic awareness of laws meant to protect them. It records how discrimination based on touch continues in subtler, everyday forms. The paper closes with recommendations for government bodies and civil society, covering wage parity, grievance redress and community-level steps toward recognition and dignity.Item Certificate in international perspectives in participatory research instructional guidelines(PRIA & UVic, 2013) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA); University of VictoriaItem Workshop report teaching of participatory research, 4-5 August 2005(2005-08) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)Item Revitalizing the teaching of participatory research in social sciences(Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2005-03) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)The report is based on several years of PRIA's experiences of working together with academic institutions. It began in 1994 with PRIA's collaboration with Association of Schools of Social Work in India (ASSWI). A series of inter- professional dialogues at national and regional level were organized to provide opportunities for social work educators, renowned academicians and experienced practitioners of participatory development (PD) and participatory research (PR) to come on a common platform and assess implications of the concepts in social work education and practice. Building on the lessons of the five-year collaboration (1994-1999), PRIA and ASSWI initiated a new phase of joint collaborative intervention in the year 2000 for strengthening the ideas of participation, democratic governance and citizenship. The need for the same was felt as the issues of democratic governance and citizenship gained significance in development debates and interventions. To effectively plan and implement this intervention, a strategy to strengthen five social work education institutions as Regional Nodal Centres (RNCs) was mutually agreed by PRIA and ASSWI. Institutions Identified to Work as RNCS were: Stella Maris Collage of social Work, Chenai; College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai; Department of Social Work, Andhra University, Visakhapatnem; School of Social work, Lucknow University, Lucknow; Department of Social Work, Viswa-Bharati, Santiniketan. Besides working with ASSWI, PRIA also carried out a collaborative project with Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi to help the faculties and students get conceptual orientation and field exposure in PR. An outcome of this intervention was introduction of the course on Participatory Sociology at postgraduate level. With PRIA's new strategic plan Governance Where People Matter "coming into operation in 2003, the academic Linkage porgrame has made concerted effort to reach out to social science faculties in Indian universities. During this period we hosted seminars in universities (Mysore University, Mysore; Osmania University, Hyderabad; Punjab University, Chandigarh) on participatory research and conducted an exhaustive mapping exercise of the teaching of PR in academic institutions. This synthesis report draws from 1) Earlier experiences and lessons gathered from working with ASSWI and Jamia Milia; 2) Discussions during seminars and lectures; 3) Independent discussion with social science faculty members in various universities; 4) Results of mapping of PR teaching; 5) Key note address given by Dr. RajeshTandon on "Should Participatory Research be Taught in a University?" (23 September 2003, Mysore University, Mysore) and key note address given by Dr. Ranjita Mohanty on "Participatory Research and the Agenda of Social Transformation" (29 August 2003, Punjab University, Chandigarh)Item Proposal for the study of participatory research, evaluation and training efforts in India(PRIA, 0000) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)This proposal outlines a study to document, analyze, and synthesize participatory processes in research, evaluation, and training across diverse settings in India. It highlights the shift in development strategies toward bottom-up, participatory approaches emphasizing empowerment, organizational building, and integration of popular knowledge. The study aims to fill gaps in documentation and provide accessible insights to grassroots activists and professionals. The methodology includes selecting case studies, engaging with stakeholders, and conducting field observations and workshops to generate actionable findings. Key questions include exploring control dynamics, knowledge creation, praxis, and empowerment in participatory processes. The study aims to produce a final report in multiple languages for wide dissemination.