Knowledge Democracy and Participatory Research

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Welcome to the Knowledge Democracy and Participatory Research Community. This community serves as a comprehensive repository of resources on participatory approaches, community-based research, and collaborative inquiry methods. Our mission is to foster knowledge sharing and support initiatives that empower communities to contribute to research, ensuring their voices shape the knowledge that impacts their lives.

Explore a wealth of materials, including case studies, policy papers, training guides, and research publications that highlight the practice and principles of participatory research worldwide.

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    Can "Haves" and "Have-Nots" Cooperate? Two Efforts to Bridge a Social Gap
    (The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1977) Brown, L. Dave
    This paper examines two workshops that brought together chief executive officers of large organizations and activists from community groups to pro-mote better intergroup communications and long-term cooperation for social projects. The workshops are described as attempts to create cooperation between noninterdependent and unequally powerful groups. The events /the workshops-one a success and one a failure are analyzed in terms of the evolution of boundaries and the development of power relations. The roles of third parties as influencers of boundary development and power asymmetries are discussed.
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    Designing an "Empathic Questionnaire" for Organizational Research
    (1972) Alderfer, Clayton P.; Brown, L. Dave
    This study explores the impact of empathic design in organizational research, focusing on sarcasm and its effects on social interactions within organizations. A questionnaire-based methodology was employed to assess organizational members' perceptions, examining the influence of sarcasm in interpersonal communication. The research highlights the role of emotional expression in organizational dynamics and discusses the implications for understanding human behavior in social contexts.

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