ARJ impact triples
We’re delighted to announce that the impact factor for ARJ has risen. Impact factor is a measure of how much a journal is read – downloaded – cited. It tripled over the past couple of years. This rise coincides with the ARJ editorial team’s commitment to develop and publish action research for transformations at a […]
Read More...Terah J. Stewart shows research does not have to be impersonal
In ARJ article “I don’t feel studied” – now open without pay wall – action researcher Terah J. Stewart shows that research does not have to be alienating or impersonal. In fact, it can be a healing and humanizing process for the people and communities centered in action research efforts. Terah explains his ART with […]
Read More...Care for the Carers: Proliferating Support Groups
Author, Merle Varik, introduces her newly published article in ARJ, entitled: Launching support groups for informal caregivers of people living with dementia within participatory action research. “In our context, in Estonia, there is only modest psycho-emotional support for caregivers of people with dementia. Indeed, there is a lack of awareness about the disease. The informal […]
Read More...Theatre as Method by Gina Grandi
Gina Grandi encourages ARTists to work with methods from theatre. GIna, whose article has just appeared in the Action Research Journal, writes: “Imagine yourself in a job interview. What do you think about, when presenting yourself? Consider your social media feeds. How do you curate your life? Consider all the ways we choose what, when, […]
Read More...Indigenous methodologies and ART by Joanne Whitty-Rogers.
Early in her nursing career, Joanne Whitty-Rogers, RN, PhD, a Senior Research Professor at St. Francis Xavier University, observed that Indigenous women encountered barriers to maternal care such as access to travel to healthcare services, language barriers, racism, and discrimination which often led them to feeling isolated. She went on to learn more of these […]
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