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Action researchers in action. Poem by AR+ Poet Laureate Freek Sanders

Action researchers in action

 

A group of engaged action researchers

Gathers on a Thursday afternoon

Presenting their preparations

Augmenting the meaning

Learning together

By sharing their work

 

Micro interventions and macro perspectives

 

A glimpse of hope emerges

As a decades long journey

That must have felt lonely

Like a solitary voice calling in

A looming desert

Transforms into increased self-confidence

And emerging external validation

 

A family is branching out

 

Siblings are growing up

Adopting new names and new frames

Developing localised approaches

localised knowledge and localised impact

That transcends its locality

Into globalised know how.