Community-Based Participatory Research and the Co-Construction of Community Knowledge

Abstract

From a community-based perspective, all that is known about a community is obtained through intersubjective engagement. But how, exactly, is knowledge socially constructed and revealed in community-based projects? This article addresses this question by focusing on the use of narratives to understand a community. First, the importance of stories for gaining insight into a community’s reality is presented, followed by an examination of how this information should be accessed and engaged. The principles of Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) that are consistent with this narrative approach are then discussed. Next, reflexivity is described to be the key for reading properly a community’s story. Finally, the conclusion points to the cooperative component of knowledge creation.

Metodologia da pesquisa em educação e ensino de ciências

“…A reflexividade, por sua vez, é elemento imprescindível em qualquer pesquisa participativa de base comunitária e faz referência à explicitação do papel da subjetividade no contexto da pesquisa (PERALTA; MURPHY, 2016;PALANGAS et al, 2017).…”