Taking Boys Seriously by Andy Hamilton, Susan Morgan, Ken Harland in ARJ
Andy Hamilton, Susan Morgan, Ken Harland have just published a paper with ARJ entitled: Taking Boys Seriously. This action research project from Northern Ireland has spanned 17 years! Andy writes… “The longevity of this project has made a valuable contribution to the capacity of the research to engender systemic change. By the time the Taking […]
Read More...Doing it authentically is tough! Youth on the need for radical openness in Action Research
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...methodology of participation research with youth in Honduras
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...PAR social change in Santiago, Chile. Welcome to Dr. Lake Sagaris.
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...Practicing YPAR for School Equity
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 […]
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