Ken Gergen on AR and Social Construction
My interview with Ken Gergen explores his journey from a conventional training as an experimental psychologist to the foremost articulator of the social construction paradigm. At the heart of Ken’s work lies a deeper question, namely what is the point of our research? What is worth doing? Listen in on the interview. Read More […]
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Bill Torbert On Coaching
Bill Torbert shares his views (the video runs about 47 mins) on coaching for individual adult development. Development is seen as key for the spirit of collaboration as well as the skills needed among change agents and action researchers. This video is an introduction to a series of shorter videos that focus on specific aspects […]
Read More...Democratic encounters? Epistemic privilege, power and community-based participatory action research
Blogpost by Julia Janes Dr. Davydd Greenwood, associate editor of AR, noted that: ”This manuscript seems to us a very intelligent and unusually sharp critique of so-called participatory practice, one that gets beyond mere denunciation of academic power”.!! Being a sharp critic of Participatory Action Research (P/AR) has been difficult to take on, both personally […]
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Participatory action research as a tool in solving desert vernacular architecture problems in the Western Desert of Egypt
I would like to take you in a journey in a far desert spaces and places. A journey to know about dwellings of ordinary people in desert towns and villages. I need to tell you about inhabitants who think, design and build with the feeling that they are influencing the environment through the nature of […]
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Balancing Acts: Interactive researcher as a virtual participant
In many professional roles we struggle with how to balance our involvement in different relations and work tasks. For instance, for a manager it is sometimes difficult to know when to delegate and when to instruct the employees exactly what to do. For a school teacher, it is important to be aware of the responsibility […]
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