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Going Large-Scale: The Polling Conference Process for Participatory Constitution-making in Turkey
Blog post by Oguz N. Baburoglu In this paper, we tell the story of large-scale, nation-wide intervention for participatory constitution-making in Turkey. We believe that action researchers, deliberative democrats and civil society leaders who wish to mobilize participation in deliberative political processes on a large scale will find our story inspiring. Non-elected bodies had drafted […]
Read More...From experience to action in recovery-oriented mental health practice: A first person inquiry
Blog post by Susan Kidd Relationships in health are formed in the context of our shared humanity and the social world. Consumer participation assists in building understanding of the social world in which care is provided. Broad consumer participation is a fundamental prerequisite for the further development of recovery oriented mental health services. Ideally consumers […]
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Theresa Van Lith’s A meeting with ‘I-Thou’: Exploring the intersection between mental health recovery and art making through a co-operative inquiry
Mental health recovery as a social justice framework addresses how people who experience mental illness can increase being active agents to assist in improving their quality of life. Similarly, co-operative inquiry challenges the power imbalances that exist among marginalized and vulnerable groups by seeking to create relevant platforms for equality. In this paper, the author […]
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Caring About Older Prisoners
The older prisoner population in England and Wales is increasing as the criminal justice system prosecutes for crimes committed many years ago, and offenders grow old during long sentences. Indeed, they have been referred to in the media as ‘the forgotten section of the prison system’. In our paper, we discuss our experiences of undertaking […]
Read More...Lights, Camera…Action Research
It is dress rehearsal. Along with 20 Filipino domestic workers, a handful of Filipino American cast members, director, lights person, media and prop staff, I walk into the theater at Hunter College. Our light technician turns on the lights on the stage to see if they work and we take in a few seconds to […]
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