Knowledge Democracy / Participatory Research

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    Land and people No. 3, July-September 1988
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 1988-09) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
    This report covers the third issue of Land and People, a PRIA newsletter on land ownership and alienation, published between July and September 1988. It opens with the Supreme Court's August 1988 ruling ordering the closure of limestone mines in the Doon Valley after nearly three decades of local resistance. It examines India's National Water Policy, questioning whether its emphasis on river-basin planning and large-scale groundwater recharge benefits marginal farmers or reinforces their exclusion. The focus article revisits land reform four decades after independence, highlighting the gap between legal provisions and the land held by small and tenant farmers. A review of Vijay Paranjpye's study of the Tehri Dam questions official estimates of economic returns, displacement, and ecological risks. It also reports on protests against the Narmada Valley Project in Bombay, a fast at the Sardar Sarovar dam site, and a march in North Bihar over recurring floods and drinking water scarcity. It concludes with a letter from Thailand's Project for Ecological Recovery on the shelving of the Nam Choan dam following sustained cross-border solidarity, and a report on the first International Rivers Network conference in San Francisco.
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    PRIA-Logue: Past, Present, and Future of Participatory research-A Feminist perspective. Part 1 and 2
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2020-08-10) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    PRIA Logue - Participatory research in Action: Where is the future Part 1 and 2
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2020-10-15) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    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)
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    Local knowledge, social movements and participatory research: Indian perspectives
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2021-11-30) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    The story of participatory research: History and future
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2021-12-16) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    Certificate in international perspectives in participatory research instructional guidelines
    (PRIA & UVic, 2013) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA); University of Victoria
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    Teaching participatory research: Making higher education participatory and relevant
    (2010) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
    he paper argues that inclusion of Participatory Research (PR) in the curricula of institutions of higher education will facilitate its actual practice, thereby contributing to new forms of knowledge production and social change. Participatory Research (PR),as an alternative to dominant social science research methodology and an approach for social change, gained recognition in the 70s. More than three decades later, however, much more is needed for the inclusion of PR in the formal higher education system. This paper highlights the status of PR in institutions of higher education in India; it analyses the viability of its inclusion and presents the challenges it faces across social science disciplines, in degree level courses, as well as in doctoral research. Drawing upon national and international experiences ,the paper explores ways by which higher education institutions in India can include PR in the curriculum and teaching practices .
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    Participatory research in occupational health
    (1998) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    Workshop report teaching of participatory research, 4-5 August 2005
    (2005-08) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)

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