Social Constructivist Practice and ART. Hilary Bradbury and Ken Gergen talk.
A new Handbook of Constructivist Practice has arrived.  And with it a dialogue sponsored by the Taos Institute in which authors chat together about their work. Ken Gergen, a luminary in the field of social science, frames the value of having this new book by reminding us that the experimental approach of empiricism is now […]
Read More...Action research and the vicious cycle between low status and low impact
Let me be blunt. I’m interested in power. I’m frustrated by the lack of power exercised by those of us involved in action research and related initiatives—systems thinking, transdisciplinarity, design science, team science, sustainability science, integrated assessment, to name just a few. I’m frustrated by our lack of power in setting research and funding agendas […]
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PAR and story telling
By:Â Tina Koch My argument is that an PAR apprenticeship is required to learn the PAR processes. These research skills cannot be learned from a text book. Two studies will be discussed in the powerpoint attached to show the apprenticeship model: (1) Older patients: Prevention of Delirium in the Acute Care Hospital setting (2) What can […]
Read More...On photoPAR, with researchers who critically and reflexively engage white privilege towards anti-racist praxis
By: M. Brinton Lykes & Holly Scheib There is great potential for personal, interpersonal, and ultimately community growth and societal change through participatory action research. Despite this, some of the resources through which we engage with participatory and action research and activist scholarship — specifically, photovoice — have lost their emancipatory potential. Many activities self-described as […]
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