Feminism and Action Research – Valerie Louis
Before I was an action researcher, I was a feminist researcher/scholar. I had done feminist qualitative research, taking into account whose voice was being heard, the power dynamics within the research process, and the gendered lens which I explored my topic. As an action researcher I learned a lot from feminist theory and methodology. I […]
Read More...Connecting People’s Health to the Planet – Alan Wight
This weekend I read an article in the New York Times that talked about a food revolution for low-income people. Dennis Derryck is the owner of a 92 acre farm in Schoharie County, NY. He has created a unique community supported agricultural program (CSA) to help provide residents in the Bronx with healthy food. As some […]
Read More...Participating with the Universe – Valerie Louis
For my dissertation work, I explored how people could participate with their organization’s energy system to create change. Quantum physics has postulated that our world is a vast sea of energy that surrounds us. Some have asserted that this energy holds information that can be accessed to help inform our lives. I started with quantum physics and […]
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Revisiting "Strategies for addressing ethical concerns in action research" Mary Brydon-Miller
In 2006 Davydd Greenwood, Olav Eikeland, and I edited a special issue of ARJ focused on ethics and AR. We concluded that special issue with a short list of proposals for “encouraging greater attention to and depth of reflection on the quetsion of ethics and action resrac and the challenges this presents” (p. 130). Over […]
Read More...Reflection – Valerie Louis
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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