Community asset mapping as an action research strategy for developing an interpersonal violence prevention programme in South Africa
Abstract provided on behalf of the authors: Naiema Taliep, Sandy Lazarus, Jim Cochrane, Jill Olivier, Samed Bulbulia, Mohamed Seedat, Hazel Swanepoel, Anna-Marie James The aim of this article was to report and critically reflect on community asset mapping processes used to develop a contextually valid interpersonal violence prevention programme in South Africa to promote positive forms of masculinity, safety and peace. […]
Read More...Co-creating participation tools with children within child protection services: What lessons we can learn from the children
Abstract provided on behalf of the authors: Ganna G van Bijleveld, Marjonneke de Vetten, Christine WM Dedding Nowadays, the question no longer is whether children should participate in the decision-making process of issues that affect their lives; the focus lies, instead, on how to ensure that children can participate in a meaningful way. Participation in child protection proceedings has […]
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Welcoming Wholeness in Science. With David Lorimer.
David Lorimer is a writer, lecturer and editor who is Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network. AR+ Foundation was just invited to join (thank you!). David was also President of Wrekin Trust and of the Swedenborg Society and is Chief Consultant of Character Education Scotland. Our conversation focused on the integration of spirituality […]
Read More...Climate ART: Bright Spots of the Good Anthropocene
Simon Divecha, an associate editor with ARJ and I were listening to overlapping podcasts recently. We found out while chatting about the anthropocene over zoom, (as one does these days). The term “Anthropocene” names the current era for the ways in which human activity has had an outsize influence on climate and the environment. We […]
Read More...Rethinking the communication of action research: Can we make it dialogic?
Article Abstract provided on behalf of the authors: Patricia Canto-Farachala and Miren Larrea The paper proposes connectivity as an interactive approach to communicating research results from action research processes. It argues that action researchers tend to communicate their research results to the action research community in linear ways, which is inconsistent with the principles of action […]
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