Activist Research and Student Agency in Universities and Urban Communities

McIntyre, Alice

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“…This is because expert research and local knowledges are combined and because the interpretation of the results and the design of actions based on the results involve those best positioned to understand the process: the local stake holders. (Brydon-Miller et al, 2003, p. 25) In action research, then, the local stakeholders are the subjects within, rather than objects of, the research process (McIntyre, 2006). Patton (2002) notes, 'The ultimate in insider perspective comes from involving the insiders as co-researchers through collaborative or participatory research' (p. 269).…”

Section: Research With Sex Workersmentioning

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Action research with sex workers: Dismantling barriers and building bridges

Meulen

2011

Action Research

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Conventional sex work research has tended to pathologize women in the sex industry by studying them as victims who lack the ability to make informed decisions about their lives and their work. Radical feminist research in particular has been successful in affecting public discourses, policy debates, and research agendas in this regard. While sex workers themselves contradict and critique conventional social science and radical feminist research, rarely are their voices heard and rarely have they been included in research processes. Given this context, it is not uncommon for sex workers to refuse to engage in research studies unless they are members of the research team. Action research philosophies and practices, therefore, are particularly relevant and important in supporting a growing wave of sex work research that has been endorsed, influenced, and supported by sex working communities. This article draws on my experiences conducting a research project with a Canadian sex workers' rights organization to demonstrate to how participatory research methods can work to build bridges, dismantle barriers, and establish new relationships of trust and support between feminists and sex workers. Ultimately, I argue in favor of the fundamental importance of action research moving from research on sex workers to research with sex workers.

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Section: Research With Sex Workersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Action research with sex workers: Dismantling barriers and building bridges

Meulen

2011

Action Research

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“…A third explanation for the disconnect between claims of PR and associated descriptions of such work is that authors may have intended to use participatory methods but were not successful in doing so because they were not able to foresee or overcome challenges presented by PR approaches. For example, it can be difficult to retain participants’ enthusiasm throughout a long research process (Levac, ; Torronen & Vornanen, ), and to allow for the circuitous path that PR takes (McIntyre, ), given the variable time and output pressures facing universities, communities, and participants. Nevertheless, reflecting on the process with participants, however difficult, is crucial and allows for growth as well as novel interactions between researchers, service and policy professionals, community members, and participants (Ozer & Wright, ).…”

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A scoping review: The utility of participatory research approaches in psychology

Levac

Ronis

Cowper-Smith

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Journal Community Psychology

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Consistent with community psychology's focus on addressing societal problems by accurately and comprehensively capturing individuals’ relationships in broader contexts, participatory research approaches aim to incorporate individuals’ voices and knowledge into understanding, and responding to challenges and opportunities facing them and their communities. Although investigators in psychology have engaged in participatory research, overall, these approaches have been underutilized. The purpose of this review was to examine areas of research focus that have included participatory research methods and, in turn, highlight the strengths and ways that such methods could be better used by researchers. Nearly 750 articles about research with Indigenous Peoples, children/adolescents, forensic populations, people with HIV/AIDS, older adults, and in the area of industrial‐organizational psychology were coded for their use of participatory research principles across all research stages (i.e., research design, participant recruitment and data collection, analysis and interpretation of results, and dissemination). Although we found few examples of studies that were fully committed to participatory approaches to research, and notable challenges with applying and reporting on this type of work, many investigators have developed creative ways to engage respectfully and reciprocally with participants. Based on our findings, recommendations and suggestions for researchers are discussed.

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“…When the biomedical workforce is diversified, researchers will likely draw upon a broader array of healthcare frameworks, research questions [36–38], methodologies, and participant recruitment techniques that can overcome many barriers to health equity for at-risk communities [39–42]. Researchers of color are also more likely to support the equitable treatment of patients through the recognition of subtle patient cues, varying responses to clinical protocols, cultural responsiveness in increasing patient compliance, and a variety of other practice-oriented variables that would also lead to health equity [43, 44]. BUILD PODER employs CRT to provide linkages between research and social justice so that students can plainly see that their efforts to work on behalf of health equity will be feasible and meaningful.…”

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Critical race theory as a bridge in science training: the California State University, Northridge BUILD PODER program

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Background and purposeUnconscious bias and explicit forms of discrimination continue to pervade academic institutions. Multicultural and diversity training activities have not been sufficient in making structural and social changes leading to equity, therefore, a new form of critical consciousness is needed to train diverse scientists with new research questions, methods, and perspectives. The purpose of this paper is to describe Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD); Promoting Opportunities for Diversity in Education and Research (PODER), which is an undergraduate biomedical research training program based on transformative framework rooted in Critical Race Theory (CRT).Key highlightsBy employing a CRT-informed curriculum and training in BUILD PODER, students are empowered not only to gain access but also to thrive in graduate programs and beyond. Poder means “power” or “to be able to” in Spanish. Essentially, we are “building power” using students’ strengths and empowering them as learners. The new curriculum helps students understand institutional policies and practices that may prevent them from persisting in higher education, learn to become their own advocates, and successfully confront social barriers and instances of inequities and discrimination. To challenge these barriers and sustain campus changes in support of students, BUILD PODER works toward changing campus culture and research mentoring relationships. By joining with ongoing university structures such as the state university Graduation Initiative, we include CRT tenets into the campus dialogue and stimulate campus-wide discussions around institutional change. Strong ties with five community college partners also enrich BUILD PODER’s student body and strengthen mentor diversity. Preliminary evaluation data suggest that BUILD PODER’s program has enhanced the racial/ethnic consciousness of the campus community, is effective in encouraging more egalitarian and respectful faculty-student relationships, and is a rigorous program of biomedical research training that supports students as they achieve their goals.ImplicationsBiomedical research programs may benefit from a reanalysis of the fit between current training programs and student strengths. By incorporating the voices of talented youth, drawing upon their native strengths, we will generate a new science that links biomedical research to community health and social justice, generating progress toward health equity through a promising new generation of scholars.

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Activist Research and Student Agency in Universities and Urban Communities

Cited by 25 publications

References 25 publications

Action research with sex workers: Dismantling barriers and building bridges

Action research with sex workers: Dismantling barriers and building bridges

A scoping review: The utility of participatory research approaches in psychology

Critical race theory as a bridge in science training: the California State University, Northridge BUILD PODER program

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