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In the field with complexity
Blog post by Jody Aked, reflecting on “complexity-aware action research.” How are networks for collective action built? Which network experiences motivate individuals? Which build the momentum of the collective? How is effort on long-term environmental projects sustained? These are some of the questions that emerged in the Philippines from the initial phases of the Valuing […]
Read More...Critical Questions—Seeking Funding. An Exploration through Quotation—posted by Mary Brydon-Miller
Follow the Money Those of us old enough to remember Watergate and the Nixon era probably also remember seeing the film All the Presidents’ Men and the pivotal scene in which Deep Throat (played by Hal Holbrook) advises the young Bob Woodward (played by Robert Redford) to “follow the money”. They do and voilá, “I’m […]
Read More...International Development, Aid and Social Transformation: ARJ Special
In this couple of videologues we introduce the new special issue of ARJ on International Development, Aid and Social Transformation. Guest Editors Kent Glenzer and Alfredo Ortiz did all the hard work of pulling it together and in addition to five lead papers, they also pull in practitioners’ responses on each of the articles. I […]
Read More...Action Research Healthcare in Sweden. Happier Patients, Lower Costs, Higher Quality
Steve Waddell interviews Hilary Bradbury about a recent study she published with Svante Lifvergren, MD., Ph.D. It describes one of the best elaborated examples of action research in healthcare which Svante has been shepherded in Sweden for over a decade to great success. The transformative approach described boils down to continuous innovation in healthcare, shaped […]
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 […]
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