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    Participatory Research International networking memo, February 1, 1986
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 1986) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
    This networking memo, issued by Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) in February 1986, reports on the participatory research working group at the 1985 ICAE World Assembly of Adult Education in Buenos Aires. The group’s 45 participants, from more than 30 countries, discussed the aims and methods of participatory research and agreed that its principles stay common across very different settings. They saw the following years as a period of consolidation, with plans for documenting experience, publishing, building resource centres and exchanging ideas between regions. The memo then gives updates from the networks in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and North America, and closes with new publications and materials on 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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    Training on participatory research methodologies. September 18-22, 2017
    (2017-09-22) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    Analytical note on data collected from North Bengal university
    (2015) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    Global Consortium of Knowledge-for-Change (K4C). September 16-17, 2019
    (2019-09-17) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    Knowledge democracy: Bridging knowledge cultures
    (2023-02-06) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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    India launch of UNESCO Chair and symposium on “Fostering Social Responsibility in Higher Education”
    (Jamia Millia Islamia & Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2012-12-10) Jamia Millia Islamia; Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
    This report is about the India launch of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, held on December 10, 2012 at Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with PRIA. It covers the background to the Chair, co-founded by Rajesh Tandon and Budd Hall, and its place within India's 12th Five Year Plan push for community-university engagement. The report outlines PRIA's long history as a bridging institution between academia and communities, and lists six illustrative forms of engagement, from linking research with community knowledge to including practitioners as teachers. It then summarises the launch event itself, held in two sessions. The first marked the formal opening of the Chair, with speeches from Budd Hall, Rajesh Tandon, JMI's Vice-Chancellor and other dignitaries. The second being a panel discussion on fostering social responsibility in higher education in India.
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    Fostering social responsibility by higher educational institutions: COVID-19 & Beyond-WEBINAR
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2020-04-08) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA); Association of Indian Universities
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    Gobeshona global conference: Participatory research for climate adaptation
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 2021-01-29) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
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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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