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.
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Item Regional Workshop Participatory Research for Development and Change Culture Andhra Pradesh 26-28 Dec 1979(1979-12-26) Neterajan, A.V.The Institute of Educational Strategy Studies and Socio-logical Research, Tamil Nadu jointly with the Department of Adult and Continuing education, Andhra University organized this workshop on Participatory Research for Development and Change, sponsored by the International Council for Adult Education, Canada, and Public Enterprises Centre for Continuing Education, New Delhi. The workshop was held at the Village Reconstruction Organization, Guntur from 26-28 December 1979. Within the framework of the Participatory Research project of the TCAE, and under the area of innovation: Participatory Research for Development and Change", this workshop was the second in India of a series of activities in the Asian Network. The first one comprised of Participatory Research Meeting held in New Delhi from 7 to 9 February 1979 to identify major issues of Participatory Research and to develop guidelines for further activities.Item "Mo.Ter" Participatory Research in Southern Italy: A Development Project of Communities of "Phlegraean Area" (1977-1988)(1977) Orefice, PaoloThe group of Moter research (a territorial model for educational programming) from the University of Naples has been involved for ten years now in the education of local communities in the phlegraean area in the province of Naples. At a scientific level, this work aims at verifying theoretical, methodological and technical procedures of participatory research with regard to the cultural development of disadvantaged areas.. With regard to educational policies, this work finds its place in the debate and interventions of cultural decentralization; which has largely been spreading in Italy since the Seventies: from this point of view the Region, through its legislative action, and the Municipalities, through their educational activities, are playing the leading role. The University participates, in turn, in this renewal process as a public research structure working for the development of the territory.Item Asian Regional Forum on Participatory Research(PRIA, 0000)This document announces the Asian Regional Forum on Participatory Research, organized by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), inviting grassroots activists and researchers to share their experiences with participatory research in various social contexts. The forum focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of PR, including its process, role in policy influence, integration of theory and practice, and the involvement of marginalized groups. It calls for descriptive case studies and theoretical papers to address key questions related to participatory research.Item Participatory Research as Critical Theory: The North Bonneville, USA Experience(1982-03) Comstock, Donald E.; Fox, RussellThis paper provides an example and interpretation of participatory research through the experience of a community in North Bonneville, Washington. It discusses four major issues in participatory research: the epistemological basis, the role of popular knowledge, the researcher’s role, and the validation of participatory knowledge. The paper argues that participatory research can be best understood through the lens of critical theory, using it as a method for critiquing social domination. The North Bonneville project demonstrates the potential for participatory research to foster political struggle, democratic organization, and critical learning.Item Perspectives of Poor Women and Men: Lessons for Development Policy-Making and Practice - Some Results from Bangladesh(UNDP Bangladesh, 1996) Mukherjee, NeelaThis paper examines the perspectives of poor women and men on poverty and its alleviation, based on two studies conducted in Bangladesh. Using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methodology, the studies provide insights into the views of poor communities regarding their problems, coping strategies, and suggestions for alleviating poverty. The studies cover rural and urban areas of Bangladesh and aim to inform development policy and practice, advocating for the inclusion of grassroots perspectives in policymaking.