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The Future of Participatory Research
I thought it would be apt to write my last post (certainly for a few weeks!) drawing on the concluding reflections of Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury in the latest Sage Handbook on Action Research Pa… more →
Participatory Action Research & Organizational Change
The Future of Participatory Research
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: I thought it would be apt to write my last post (certainly for a few weeks!) drawing on the concludi … more →
Mixing it up: Participation and Qualitative Research
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: Having made a commitment to a participatory approach it is often assumed that the methods will neatl … more →
Scaling up: Large scale participatory projects
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grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: One of the challenges for participatory research is how to involve large numbers of people. More of … more →
Quality Choice-points in Participatory Research
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: The issue of quality in participatory research is often difficult to nail. Hilary Bradbury and Pete … more →
The importance of working on the inside
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: At a recent conference on Qualitative Research methods I asked a speaker about whether PAR ultimatel … more →
The PAR balancing act
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: The issue of control – the way a PAR project is run and managed – seems to be a practica … more →
Tyranical participation: The need for an institutional perspective
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grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: In a recent post I explored some criticisms of PAR by those with a positivistic standpoint. In this … more →
You've been framed: Cogenerative dialogues in PAR
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: Over the last few weeks I have been grappling with some of the tensions associated with PAR – … more →
Mission Impossible: Doing PR as a Doctoral Student?
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: Participatory research methods may be becoming more acceptable within Universities but its openly id … more →
Academic Participatory Researchers: More harm than good?
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: According to the experience of Randy Stoecker, academic participatory researchers can be irrelevant … more →
Questioning PAR's benevolence: Recognizing negative effects
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: In a previous post I explored some criticisms of PAR as a “scientific” method – th … more →
Criticisms of PAR
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: Many of the writers using PAR explain how their research challenges and reveals the limitations of s … more →
PAR: A theory of possibility in Belfast and Connecticut
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grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: Probably one of the best books I have read so far on PAR is this latest book by Alice McIntyre*. In … more →
PAR: Reflections from the frontline
grahamdover wrote 1 year ago: So far my exploration of PAR has been largely theoretical and has missed a practical perspective. Ma … more →
