Blue-Green-Ball of Creation
One of my favorite characteristics of Action Researchers is that we consider different ways of knowing. As P. Reasons states so well, “research practitioners to take into account many different forms of knowing— knowledge of our purposes as well of our ideas, knowledge that is based in intuition as well as the senses, knowledge expressed […]
Read More...Reciprocity, Relationship, and Covenantal Ethics – Mary Brydon-Miller
In their article, “Reciprocity: An Ethic for Community-based Participatory Action Research”, authors Sarah Maiter, Laura Simich, Nora Jacobson, and Julie Wise define reciprocity as “an ongoing process of exchange with the aim of establishing and maintaining equality between parties” and explore how this notion might inform our understanding of the ethical implications of community-based participatory […]
Read More...Ecology and Economics
Hello and Happy Memorial Day, When I think about Action Research and the “Environment” I am often bombarded by other phrases and words like earth, nature, ecology, economics, and sustainable development. Within this group of related subjects I cannot help but notice the commonality between economics and ecology. So today, I attempt an oh so […]
Read More...Urban- Nature- Trash
Hello and happy Monday, As an activist-scholar I am Dionysian in my initial approach to “research.” Today, I introduce a series of video’s that explore what Heron and Reason refer to as co-operative inquiry cycles. This method is outlined in chapter 12 of the Handbook of Action Research (2008) and discusses the transpersonal inquiry of […]
Read More...Introduction of Juanjuan Zhao-Education and Action Research
My Name is Juanjuan Zhao. I am a doctoral student in Educational Studies and also a graduate assistant at Action Research Center at the University of Cincinnati. My focuses are both in educational and community-based action research. Here I’ll be blogging about Education and Action Research.I came across action research when I was graduating from […]
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