In “Everyone’s talking about co-design, but actually doing it authentically is tough”, Carla Luguetti, Juliana Ryan, and their colleagues delve into the significance of “radical openness” in the context of youth participatory action research (YPAR). The lead reviewer of their paper noted that it “provides insight for teambuilding within the core facilitation team of PAR […]
Read More...Warren Dodd, Sara Wyngaarden, Sally Humphries, Esmeralda Lobo Tosta, Veronica Zelaya Portillo and Paola Orellana have just published a paper with ARJ: How long-term emancipatory programming facilitates participatory evaluation: Building a methodology of participation through research with youth in Honduras. Building on a longstanding partnership between the Foundation for Participatory Research with Honduran Farmers (Spanish […]
Read More...Dr. Lake Sagaris co-leads a social change lab in Santiago Chile – Laboratorio de Cambio Social, cambiarnos.cl. PAR – Participative Action Research – is at the heart of their work to build collaboration between university and urban community. The lab’s action research projects emphasize civic culture, mobility and sustainable urban development. Recently Lake’s lab joined our AR+ community as a stewarding organization. We share a recent […]
Read More...Blog post by Quin Gonell Given my prior experience as high school teacher engaging with culturally sustaining and emancipatory pedagogies, it was only natural that I should find appeal in frameworks that make methods of knowledge creation accessible to youth. Thus, as early as my second semester as a doctoral student I became interested in […]
Read More...Blog post by Jody Aked, reflecting on “complexity-aware action research.” How are networks for collective action built? Which network experiences motivate individuals? Which build the momentum of the collective? How is effort on long-term environmental projects sustained? These are some of the questions that emerged in the Philippines from the initial phases of the Valuing […]
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