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Item The Politics of Research Methodology in the Social Sciences(1979-07-01) Mbilinyi, Marjorie; Vuorela, Ulla; Kassam, Yusuf; Masisi, YohanaIn this paper we critically examine various research methodologies which have been employed in the social sciences and which have developed in the context of conditions determined by the historical development of capitalism in Africa. This analysis establishes the context in which the Participatory Research Approach emerged, to be investigated in Lead Paper 3. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section analyses the dominant social science research methodologies and the conditions of production of knowledge in the present epoch of imperialism. The methodologies which have developed in Africa are examined in the second section in relation to different periods of capitalist development. The third section critically analyses struggles over production and reproduction of knowledge using the Experimental World Literacy Programme as illustration of worldwide basic education reform in order to concretise the issues raised concerning neo-positivist survey research methods of investigation, and to show their integral relation to concepts of development identified with orthodox bourgeois economic theory.Item The Need for Genuine Peasant Organizing: Genuine Responses to Peasant Problem(0000)Social investigation is a most basic skill any organizer must acquire if he is to be effective in his work. It determines to a great extent the success or failure of any undertaking. Lack of it means to move about aimlessly. Weakness in it means getting into action with no certainty of victory. In either case the outcome is left to chance factor, something absolutely intolerable in our kind of work. Doing social investigation is akin to building the foundation of a structure. It is the beginning of any activity. It is the basis of any plan of action. If the foundation is weak the structure is certain to topple down sooner or later. If it is strong we can surely build up. anything from there with full confidence.Item Research, Commitment, and Action: The Role of Participatory Research(International Review of Education, 1984) Hall, BuddThis article discusses the development and practice of participatory research as both a method and strategy of social investigation and social action within an adult education framework. It compares participatory research with traditional research strategies, outlining its defining principles and providing specific examples of its application. The author highlights the future implications and practical issues surrounding this approach.