Research by the people, for the people

Sclove, Richard E.

doi:10.1016/s0016-3287(97)00027-x

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“…I began the research with a year of participant observation in a Honduran community organization in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a Central American enclave on the outskirts of Boston. From the start, I was committed to doing participatory research that is “rooted in the community” and “encourages citizen participation” (Sclove, 1997, p. 541). During this first year, I worked closely with a Honduran women's group, translated documents for the organization's Spanish‐speaking staff, and attended local cultural events and political rallies.…”

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Searching for wages and mothering from Afar: The case of Honduran transnational families

Schmalzbauer

2004

J of Marriage and Family

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This article draws on data from a 2‐year two‐country study that included 157 people to explore the survival strategies of poor Honduran transnational families. I argue that transnational families, defined as those divided between two nation‐states who have maintained close ties, depend on a cross‐border division of labor in which productive labor occurs in the host country and reproductive labor in the home country. This article bridges the literatures on transnationalism and families. The transnationalism literature tends to focus on macro processes, whereas the literature on families assumes proximity. This research helps fill the gap in both literatures, exposing the ways in which processes of economic globalization have radically altered family form and function.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Searching for wages and mothering from Afar: The case of Honduran transnational families

Schmalzbauer

2004

J of Marriage and Family

281

316

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“…The most encompassing definitions of CBPR position it as research rooted in the community, serving a community's interest, encouraging community participation at all levels, and geared toward affecting social change. 21 Principles of CBPR practice generally flow from the above conceptualization. For example, in writing about CBPR in the area of public health research, Barbara Israel and colleagues articulate nine essential principles of practice.…”

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Confronting the Insider-Outsider Polemic in Conducting Research with Diasporic Communities: Towards a Community-Based Approach

Collet

2008

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Researchers focusing on diasporic contexts face the difficult task of wearing their “academic hats” while at the same time building meaningful relationships with immigrant communities. This is no more apparent (and important) than with “non-community” (i.e., outsider) researchers. Here diasporic communities, having already experienced the trauma of forced migration, must see the academic researcher as one they can trust and who is invested in their long-term well being. In this paper I address methodological and philosophical concerns related to the insider-outsider researcher distinction and to conducting research as an “outsider.” The principle aims of the paper are to critically examine the distinctions that create and perpetuate the insider-outsider polemic, explore what this polemic “looks like” within diasporic contexts, and consider community-based participatory research as one “vehicle” that might effectively address some of the thorniest problems associated with the insideroutsider distinction.

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“…(Elzen, Enserink, & Smit, 1996;Roe Smith & Marx, 1994). Analysts of technological development could explore possibilities to implement "societal priorities" on the basis of "research in action"-that is, by making suggestions to various actors who are attempting to solve concrete problems, and by analyzing why these suggestions are (or are not) picked up, and how this affects the subsequent development process (Elzen et al, 1996;Sclove, 1997).…”

Section: Mot and The Social Control Of Technologymentioning

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“…On the other hand, authors like Roe Smith and Marx (1994) wrote that technologies are not autonomous but are social products susceptible to democratic controls, which is a key issue in democratic theory. Beyond that, some authors (e.g., Borgmann, 1989;López Cerezo, Méndez, & Todt, 1998;Sclove, 1995Sclove, , 1997 focus their social studies of technology on public participation. Sclove is perhaps one of the most convinced defenders of the idea of giving people more participation in scientific and technological issues and limiting the growing role of the experts in society.…”

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confidence: 99%

Modern Technology and Technological Determinism: The Empire Strikes Again

Álvarez

1999

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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In spite of the discredited notions of determinism during the last two decades, the idea of technological determinism strikes again, based on the social impacts of modern technology. The main objective of this article attempts to study the relation between civilization, modern technology, and development. To attain our objective, the debate is presented on the issue of whether the current management of technology contributes to the guidance of technological development on the basis of “social priorities.”

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Research by the people, for the people

Cited by 14 publications

References 2 publications

Searching for wages and mothering from Afar: The case of Honduran transnational families

Searching for wages and mothering from Afar: The case of Honduran transnational families

Confronting the Insider-Outsider Polemic in Conducting Research with Diasporic Communities: Towards a Community-Based Approach

Modern Technology and Technological Determinism: The Empire Strikes Again

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