Where there is need, there is a room for action research-Juanjuan Zhao
A group of Chinese students from Xi’an Jiaotong University visited UC a couple of months ago and got a chance to be introduced to action research by Dr. Mary Brydon-Miller. Their reaction was ‘Oh, this is action research’. Apparently, it is a new term for them, but not a completely strange land they have […]
Read More...Blue-Green-Ball of Creation
One of my favorite characteristics of Action Researchers is that we consider different ways of knowing. As P. Reasons states so well, “research practitioners to take into account many different forms of knowing— knowledge of our purposes as well of our ideas, knowledge that is based in intuition as well as the senses, knowledge expressed […]
Read More...AR and Qualitative Research – The Welcoming of Photovoice
This week I had attended the 22nd Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference, which is why my post is a few days late. The conference has me reflecting on many areas of research and publication such as generalizabilty, limitations, and the intersection of theory and research. I definitely have my wheels turning about future research […]
Read More...AR and CBPR in Clinical Trials – Bernard Young
There has been a growing interest in coupling AR, CBPR and Clinical Trials. This desire has been a respond to the need to improve diversity in clinical trial participation and to addressing the ethical issues of appropriately informing and educating the public when soliciting participants. Clinical trials that incorporate AR and CBPR models reduce power […]
Read More...Reciprocity, Relationship, and Covenantal Ethics – Mary Brydon-Miller
In their article, “Reciprocity: An Ethic for Community-based Participatory Action Research”, authors Sarah Maiter, Laura Simich, Nora Jacobson, and Julie Wise define reciprocity as “an ongoing process of exchange with the aim of establishing and maintaining equality between parties” and explore how this notion might inform our understanding of the ethical implications of community-based participatory […]
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