Where (Gitlin, 2007, p.1).Advocates of participatory action research agree that the impetus of this method is to attempt to restructure power relations in the research process, to honour the knowledge and strengths with/in/of diverse communities, and to challenge the dynamics of inequalities by furthering the struggle for social justice (Saba Waheed, nguyen ly-huong, Anna Couey, 2005). But how can decolonization support participatory action research?This paper will explore the ethical, social and epistemological assumptions and values informing participatory action research from the perspective of decolonization of methodologies (Battiste, 2001;Smith, 1999;Tandon, 1981;Sandoval, 2000;González y González, & Lincoln, 2006;Sikes, 2006). From this perspective, this research attempts to uncover the hegemony of modernism, monolingualism, eurocentrism and colonialism that continues to be prevalent even in many liberatory participatory action research projects. Through its form and content, this work, with its focus on a decolonial praxis as employed in the researchers' present projects, will attempt to create a deeper awareness toward the need for decolonizing and decolonial participatory action research work.The authors share their personal research experiences in an attempt to highlight some of the ambiguities and tensions in their current work as well as the emerging questions, learnings, and
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