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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Item International Cooperation: Reflections on the Fifth UNESCO World Conference on Adult Education: Hamburg ,1997(Asian-South Pacific Bureau of Aduit Education, 1997-08) Tandon, RajeshAll International Conferences organised by the United Nations System propose intensifying and deepening of International Cooperation, so does this Conference. What is the purpose of International Cooperation? What should be its meaning in today’s global context ? What are the mechanisms which make International Cooperation effective in accomplishing its purposes? This and many related issues were discussed in a special thematic session during the Hamburg Conference.Item Social Transformation and Participatory Research(1988) Tandon, RajeshParticipatory research has now been in existence as a term for about 15 years. It began with the practice of adult educators in the countries of the south Africa, Asia, Latin America. These adult educators were confronting the contradictions between their philosophy of adult education and their practice of research methodology. Their philosophy of adult education placed learners in the centre and focussed on learners' control over their learning process. The major element of this philosophy is based on the premise that adults are capable. They are capable of learning, of changing, of acting, and of transforming the world. It is this essential faith in people as an integral part of the philosophy of adult education that was being contradicted through the adult educators' training as professional researchers. When these adult educators began to examine the problems related to the reality in which they were situating their practice of adult education, when they began to evaluate the impact of their adult education efforts, and when they began to study the learning process of adults, they realized their research methodology was alien to the adult learners and unilaterally controlled by these adult educators as researchers treating their learners as objects of manipulation in the research process.Item Participatory Research, Educational Experience and Empowerment of Adults(Society for Participatory Research in Asia, 1985-01) Tandon, RajeshThe last three decades have seen an increasingly diverse range of models and theories of social change. The implementation of these models in developing countries like India have brought mixed results. While some improvements for example, in overall agricultural production has taken place, the situation of more than half the rural population has not improved, if not worsened. Starting from community development in the 50s as the basic pro-gramme for changing the situation in rural India, we now have people-centred models of development. These models emphasise the principle of people's participation in developing themselves.Item Participatory Research for Adult Education and Literacy: Guidelines for Practitioners(International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), 1980-08) Tandon, Rajesh; Barndt, Deborah; Schutter, Anton de; Mustafa, Kemal; Wessel, Mathias; Hall, Budd LThis document outlines guidelines for participatory research in adult education and literacy, emphasizing learner participation in the conception, implementation, and evaluation of programs. It stems from the deliberations at the International Forum on Participatory Research (April 1980) in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, sponsored by UNESCO and the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE). These guidelines synthesize contributions from international practitioners and provide a framework for promoting participatory research as an approach to socio-economic development and educational empowerment.Item Participatory Research, Educational Experience, and Empowerment of Adults(PRIA, 1985-01) Tandon, RajeshThe last three decades have seen an increasingly diverse range of models and theories of social change. The implementation of these models in developing countries like India have brought mixed results. While some improvements for example, in overall agricultural production has taken place, the situation of more than half the rural population has not improved, if not worsened. Starting from community development in the 50s as the basic pro-gramme for changing the situation in rural India, we now have people-centred models of development. These models emphasise the principle of people's participation in developing themselves.Item The Historical roots and contemporary tendencies in Participatory Research: Implications for Health care(0000) Tandon, RajeshThis paper delves into the historical roots and contemporary tendencies of participatory research (PR), particularly in the context of health care. It examines the evolution of PR as a critique of traditional social science methodologies and as an educational process rooted in adult education practices. Drawing on the works of Paulo Freire, Ivan Illich, and others, the paper highlights the epistemological shifts brought about by PR. It discusses how PR legitimizes experience and action as bases for knowing and integrates these into a framework of popular education. The implications of PR for addressing inequalities in health care and fostering community participation in knowledge creation are also explored.Item African Regional Workshop on Participatory Research, Mzumbe, 2nd - 7th July, 1979(Botswana Popular Theatre Project, 1979-07-07) Tandon, Rajesh; McKenzie, Bob; Kraai, ZikiThis report covers the African Regional Workshop on Participatory Research held in Mzumbe from 2nd to 7th July, 1979. The workshop brought together participants to discuss and reflect on the application of participatory research and popular theatre as tools for community engagement and education. The report highlights the contributions of Rajesh Tandon, Bob McKenzie, and Ziki Kraai, who presented their thoughts on how popular theatre can be an effective medium for communication, education, and information dissemination within the political and social context of Botswana, particularly in relation to its proximity to South Africa, language divisions, and apathy among the people.