How to Action Research for Transformations Book | Hilary Bradbury
How to do Action Research for TransformationsAt a Time of Eco-Social CrisisElgar Publications, 2022- Hilary Bradbury, PhD.Curator, AR+ Action Research Plus FoundationCapturing years of innovation within contemporary action research, Hilary Bradbury highlights where action research for transformations (ART) is directed: towards a relational response to climate change and achieving global sustainability goals together. Paying particular attention […]
Read More...Invitation to collogue. ART – a vital alternative social science paradigm at a time of eco-social crisis. Join us!
Since the founding of Action Research journal in 2003, we have had the immodest aim to help recover and transform social science.  Our intent has been to assist the Academy, as well as the public and private sector, in discovering additions and alternatives to heretofore “ivory tower,” materialist-positivist research and practice. We want to extend our conversation […]
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Action Research Transformations: Why Developmental Reflexivity Matters.Since the founding of Action Research journal in 2003, we have had the immodest aim to help recover and transform social science. Our intent has been to assist the Academy, as well as the public and private sector, in discovering additions and alternatives to heretofore “ivory tower,” materialist-positivist research […]
Read More...A review of Lifescaping Practices in School Communities: Implementing Action Research and Appreciative Inquiry. By Rolla E. Lewis & Peg Winkelman, Routledge.
Kenneth Gergen exclaims in the Foreword, “Here Rolla Lewis, Peg Winkelman, and their associates confront the emerging condition with creative daring. They offer… a rational for new forms of action, a new range of challenging practices, and useful applications of their orientation in action…. My deepest hope is that what they share within this work […]
Read More...AR and Social Construction
I first met Ken Gergen (click here for video) when I requested a piece for the first Handbook of Action Research (way back in 1998). Ken graciously said yes and introduced us to his spouse and writing partner, co-author and feminist thinker, Mary Gergen. In their writing for the Handbook, they explained the basics of […]
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