Can participatory research be a route to empowerment? A case study of a disadvantaged Scottish community

Titterton, Mike; Smart, Helen

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“…La complejidad del término según Tromp (2007) determina que sea imposible abordar un solo aspecto del empoderamiento ya que cada variable afecta a la siguiente. Desde esta consideración de complejidad apostamos por una idea de empoderamiento vinculada a un proceso de crecimiento, fortalecimiento, habilitación y desarrollo de la confianza de los individuos y las comunidades para impulsar cambios positivos en el contexto, ganar poder, autoridad, capacidad de decisión y cambio tanto individualmente como de forma colectiva (Adamson & Bromiley, 2008;Alsop, Frost & Holland, 2006;Titterton & Smart, 2008). Todo ello implica la autorrealización y emancipación de los individuos y comunidades, el reconocimiento de los grupos/comunidades y la transformación social.…”

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“…According to Tromp (2007) the term's complexity establishes that it is impossible to address just one aspect of empowerment because each variable concerns the following one. From this complex view, we rely on an empowerment idea linked to a process of growth, strengthening, capacitation and development of trust of individual and communities to boost positive changes in the context; gain power, authority, decision taking ability and changes in an individual and collective scale (Adamson & Bromiley, 2008;Alsop, Frost & Holland, 2006;Titterton & Smart, 2008). All this implies the self-fulfilment and emancipation of individuals and communities, the recognition of communities/groups and the social transformation.…”

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Empoderamiento en la comunidad. El diseño de un sistema abierto de indicadores a partir de procesos de Evaluación Participativa

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Ped Soc. Rev Int

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RESUMEN:Existen numerosas perspectivas y aproximaciones conceptuales a la Evaluación Participativa (EP) y a los significados y sentidos que esta puede tener. En todos los casos, supone un cambio de perspectiva en los modelos de evaluación, planteándose como un proceso de aprendizaje individual y colectivo. En las siguientes líneas se pretende avanzar en averiguar de qué manera los aprendizajes generados en procesos de EP contribuyen al empoderamiento de las personas y comunidades que protagonizan dicha evaluación. La aportación que aquí se presenta describe el diseño y ensayo de un sistema abierto de indicadores de empoderamiento que pretende evidenciar el aprendizaje que procesos como la EP generan en las personas que los viven. A través del análisis de la literatura y la discusión con investigadores, técnicos y agentes comunitarios, se detectan variables e indicadores de empoderamiento. Estos indicadores se ensayan en tres estudios de caso que nos permiten comprobar su utilidad. Para ello se aplican cuestionarios, el aná-lisis de contenido de las actas y transcripciones de las sesiones de EP y la realización de entrevistas semiestructuradas a los miembros de los grupos de EP. Se presenta el listado general de variables e indicadores de empoderamiento, entendido como un sistema abierto, como una matriz generadora, en la medida que puede completarse y contrastarse a partir de las nuevas aportaciones que surjan con su aplicación. A partir de la contrastación bibliográfica, se han validado la mayoría de indicadores propuestos. El sistema además propone indicadores poco habituales en las formulaciones realizadas hasta ahora, pero que en esta propuesta han sido validados a través de los estudios de caso. Se considera el material presentado como Pedagogía Social. Revista Interuniversitaria, 2014, 24, pp. 49-77 http://www.upo.es/revistas/index. un buen punto de partida para posteriores investigaciones y una ayuda para reforzar enormemente el discurso y el valor de las acciones socioeducativas y el trabajo comunitario.PALABRAS CLAVE: Empoderamiento; Evaluación empoderadora; indicadores de evaluación; planes comunitarios; acción comunitaria.ABSTRACT: There are several perspectives and conceptual approaches to Participatory Evaluation (PE) and the meanings and senses that it may have. In all cases, it involves a new point of view among assessment models, as it is considered itself as a process of individual and collective learning. In this article we aim to deepen in this topic; and to find out how this learning contributes to the empowerment of individuals and communities who are lead this evaluation. This paper describes the design and testing of an open indicators system to highlight empowerment, which aims to show the learning that EP processes generate in the people who experience it. Variables and indicators of empowerment are identified through literature analysis and discussion with researchers, technicians and community workers... These indicators are tested on three case studies, which allow verifying its uti...

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Empoderamiento en la comunidad. El diseño de un sistema abierto de indicadores a partir de procesos de Evaluación Participativa

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Ped Soc. Rev Int

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“…Take, for example, the controversies about the true impacts of participatory research (Titterton and Smart, 2008) and participatory approaches to community development (Cooke and Kothari, 2001). While the rhetoric of many participatory approaches would suggest genuine grassroots processes resulting in more equitable power distributions, this often is not the case.…”

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Targeting empowerment in community development: a community psychology approach to enhancing local power and well-being

Christens

2012

Community Development Journal

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This article proposes psychological empowerment as an orientation and targeted outcome for community development efforts. Psychological empowerment has been the focus of many studies in community psychology, where it has been defined as the psychological aspects of processes through which people, organizations, and communities take greater control over their affairs. Psychological empowerment has been found to increase with greater levels of community participation, and to have protective mental health effects. Community and organizational processes that are psychologically empowering are promising as approaches to sustainably promote both subjective well-being and objective changes in local systems. The case is made in this article for more widespread use of empowerment theory, at multiple levels of analysis, in community development processes. Participatory development is viewed as a particularly promising approach for the promotion of psychological empowerment, yet more thorough consideration and assessment of psychological empowerment holds promise for achieving the full potential of participatory approaches.

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“…For those prioritizing the value of participation, participatory research methodologies can be viewed as a way to democratize the research process, perhaps leading to improved external validity (Greenwood & Levin, ). Alternatively, some have criticized participatory approaches to research as contrived and as serving the interests of researchers more than the interests of communities (Titterton & Smart, ). Broadly, however, CBR and similar approaches can be considered as promising new directions for increasing the applicability and potential for impact of social science research.…”

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An Approach to Scholarly Impact through Strategic Engagement in Community‐Based Research

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Christens

2013

Journal of Social Issues

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Community‐based research (CBR) has potential to enhance the impact of applied social science research. Yet, CBR encompasses an array of different forms of engagement with a variety of types of community partners. Herein, we describe an approach to CBR for increasing the likelihood of research impact on social issues. We call this approach strategic engagement. Strategic engagement can be understood as CBR that is conceptualized and conducted with attention to the role of power in community decision‐making. To ground the discussion, we draw on our experience of CBR with community organizing groups. Organizing groups have an overt goal of altering community conditions to improve social environments for residents and families. Furthermore, they are unambiguous about the need for the exercise of social power to affect change in these social conditions. Social research that is developed in conjunction with community organizing groups, defined by interests of community organizing groups, and utilized with an explicit focus on social power by community organizing groups has the potential for magnifying research impact.

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Can participatory research be a route to empowerment? A case study of a disadvantaged Scottish community

Cited by 37 publications

References 23 publications

Empoderamiento en la comunidad. El diseño de un sistema abierto de indicadores a partir de procesos de Evaluación Participativa

Empoderamiento en la comunidad. El diseño de un sistema abierto de indicadores a partir de procesos de Evaluación Participativa

Targeting empowerment in community development: a community psychology approach to enhancing local power and well-being

An Approach to Scholarly Impact through Strategic Engagement in Community‐Based Research

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