In my post last week I wrote about graduation. And now I find myself in a place of not-knowing. I have no idea what is next. Some days I stress and other days I go with the flow. Today I looked at this not-knowing time as the time in action research that is exciting, engaging, and yes…unnerving. […]
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AR, PAR, PR, CBPR, CBR – The letters and words we use to describe the process and practice of participation and action sometimes appear as a secret language code created by and for the select and privileged. The parrallel threads of action and participation cross at multiple points along the contimuum of engaged scholarship that […]
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This past week my son, Rhys, spent the evening at a Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC) meeting discussing efforts to stop the development of a new coal ash dump in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. When I first learned of the Appalachian Land Ownership Study in the 1980’s I had no idea that I would […]
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This week I have asked a colleague to contribute to our discussion of action research and education. Adam Cooper is an action researcher and an educator working towards completion of his doctorate at the University of Cincinnati. He has an amazing ability to draw out what is really happening in situations, has tremendous expertise in […]
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“What makes our work fundamental to the revitalization of social research more generally lies in its orientation towards taking action, its reflexivity, the significance of its impacts and that it evolves from partnership and participation” (underline added for emphasis). – Hillary Bradbury Huang, ARJ Blog This past weekend I walked the well worn paths of […]
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