From margins to center? The development and purpose of participatory research

Hall, Budd L.

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“…Our methodology, feminist participatory research, was designed to bring women and their perspectives to the center of the knowledge creation process and to have them articulate their points of view (Hall, 1992). Of central importance was creating spaces for women's voices (de la Rey & McKay, in press) and eliciting their perspectives.…”

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Women's meanings of peacebuilding in post-apartheid South Africa.

McKay¹,

Rey²

2001

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Although women's instrumentality in peacebuilding is internationally recognized, gendered meanings of peacebuilding are poorly understood. Our study was conducted to learn from a diverse group of South African women what peacebuilding means to them. Sixteen women gathered in Cape Town for a 2-day workshop that used feminist participatory methods to gather data about women's meanings of peacebuilding. All talk was audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed for content pertaining to research questions and to identify thematic strands. For these workshop participants, peacebuilding is a process, relationship building is crucial to its effectiveness, and meeting basic human needs underlies its success. Women recognized their active involvement in peacemaking and peacebuilding and, occasionally, in peacekeeping and peace enforcing activities. They viewed their approaches often to be distinct from men's and believed the significance of their peacebuilding work is not adequately recognized within South African patriarchal society.Internationally, recognition exists that women are instrumental in preventing and stopping armed conflict and building peace. Both during and after conflict, women have been integrally involved in peacebuilding processes, seeking solutions to problems such as resource degradation, demobilization and reintegration of former child soldiers, violence against women and children, effects of militarization, and sustainable economic, environmental, and political development. Women advo-

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women's meanings of peacebuilding in post-apartheid South Africa.

McKay¹,

Rey²

2001

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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“…More than a rigid research methodology, PA constitute a social process that aims to restore power to those who are oppressed [22]. These approaches are based on both local knowledge and experience [75] and professional practices [76].…”

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Using Participatory Research to Work With Women from Ethnic Minorities at Risk for HIV Living In Industrialized Countries

Beaulieu¹

2016

J HIV Clin Sci Res

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The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the utility of participatory approaches for working with ethnic minority women at risk of contracting HIV living in industrialized countries. The literature suggests that these women's sexual risk behaviors should be analyzed taking into account in the social context that reduces their power to negotiate condom use. In this paper, we argue that because participatory approaches promote the empowerment of vulnerable populations, they offer a promising alternative for HIV prevention in women from ethnic minorities. Hence, interventions targeting these women in high income countries should aim to help them gain control over their relationships, lessen their dependence on men, and enable them to negotiate condom use.

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“…In particular, the university and community partners should explore the areas where the community representatives can make decisions and those where they can only provide recommendations and advice (Hall, 1992(Hall, , 2002. The university should also discuss the potential impact of the university culture on the partnership's objectives as well as relevant rules and procedures that will need to be followed during academic program development and implementation.…”

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The Impact of a Community-University Collaboration: Opening the “Black Box”

Siemens

2012

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Within the Social Economy, universities are working with community representatives to undertake research projects, service learning opportunities, and increasingly, academic program development, all with the objective of addressing social challenges. As many are quick to caution, the community is actually a sum of its various actors, interests, accountabilities and needs, which university staff and faculty must work to understand. Like the community, the university is a complex organization with politics, conflicts, tensions, and competing goals and objectives. Within this larger context, these various components, focusing on government, academic and administrative stakeholders, will impact and may even limit aspects of a collaboration between the university and its community partners. Through examination of a case study related to a graduate program, which was collaboratively developed between the university and community representatives, this article will identify and explore those accountabilities and the resulting impact on the collaboration. It will conclude with recommendations for similar partnerships. RÉSUMÉDans l'économie sociale, les universités travaillent de pair avec des représentants de la communauté pour lancer des projets de recherche, créer des occasions d'apprentissage par le service et, de plus en plus, développer des programmes d'études universitaires; tout cela dans le but de régler des défis sociaux. Beaucoup s'empressent de formuler une mise en garde : la communauté est en réalité la somme des divers acteurs, intérêts, responsabilités et besoins qui la composent, ce que les membres du personnel et les facultés des universités doivent tenter de comprendre par leur travail. Au même titre qu'une communauté, une université est une organisation complexe constituée de politiques, de conflits, de tensions ainsi que d'objectifs concurrents. Dans ce contexte large, ces diverses composantes, en particulier les intervenants gouvernementaux, universitaires et administratifs, auront des conséquences sur la collaboration entre l'université et ses partenaires communautaires, et peuvent même en limiter certains aspects. Cette étude définit et analyse ces responsabilités et leurs conséquences sur la collaboration par le moyen d'une étude de cas liée INTRODUCTIONAs communities, organizations and individuals strive to address the challenges and opportunities that face them, they are partnering with universities to accomplish their goals (Baum, 2000). These collaborations range from participatory research projects (BALTA, nd;Hall, 2011;Lesser & Oscos-Sanchez, 2007) and service learning activities (Bringle & Hatcher, 2002) to curriculum development and delivery (Centre for Sustainable Community Development, nd). This trend is likely to continue as universities strive to align their academic programming and research closer with community needs and issues (Savan, et al., 2009).Challenges abound with these kinds of collaborations given universities' and communities' differing cultures and contexts. Each ...

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From margins to center? The development and purpose of participatory research

Cited by 346 publications

References 6 publications

Women's meanings of peacebuilding in post-apartheid South Africa.

Women's meanings of peacebuilding in post-apartheid South Africa.

Using Participatory Research to Work With Women from Ethnic Minorities at Risk for HIV Living In Industrialized Countries

The Impact of a Community-University Collaboration: Opening the “Black Box”

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