Weaving reflection, action, and knowledge creation: lived experience as a catalyst into the cycle of praxis for community development

Peterson, C. Bjørn; Talmage, Craig A.; Knopf, Richard C.

doi:10.4337/9781788118477.00007

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“…12).' The underlying assumptions of the cycle of praxis are that change requires knowledge of lived experience, ongoing action and reflection, and that outcomes for stakeholders matter (Peterson, 2018).…”

Section: Community Development and The Cycle Of Praxismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…you need to make sure that you are also building that capacity and the confidence of the very people that are this so-called disempowered end product to feel confident, to have the conversations that need to be held, whether it's with the neighbour next door, whether it's with the shop owner, the local politician, whether it's with the international change maker. We applied a community development approach as a conceptual and analytic lens, with the four stages of the cycle of praxis: experience, learning and reflection, synthesis and planning, and implementation and review (Peterson et al, 2020). We applied that approach because self-advocacy groups usually work from a personal experience level, which sometimes also influences other local and national levels of social interaction (Henderson & Bigby, 2016).…”

Section: Learning From Experience and Planning For Changementioning

confidence: 99%

“…We make the case for changing attitudes through a lens of human rights and self‐advocacy, using a community development approach called the cycle of praxis (Peterson, 2018) to frame how self‐advocacy groups facilitate and enact change in community attitudes.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this paper, we seek to understand community development as a method used by self‐advocacy groups to facilitate and enact change in community attitudes. One method for realising community development is through the cycle of praxis, where actions are conducted by ‘intentional reflection, mindful action and the willingness to learn from ongoing reflection’ in a cyclical approach (Peterson et al, 2020, p. 19).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How do self‐advocates use community development to change attitudes to disability?

Robinson,

Idle,

Fisher

et al. 2023

Brit J Learn Disabil

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BackgroundNegative attitudes remain a major barrier to the equality of people with disability, especially when coupled with the lack of autonomy imposed on many people. This paper analyses how disability self‐advocacy groups seek to change community attitudes and work towards systemic change by mobilising knowledge from their lived experience.MethodsThe paper applies a cycle of praxis community development approach (a cycle of experience, learning and reflection, synthesis and planning, and implementation and review) to conceptualise and analyse their activities. The methods were a desktop document search, focus groups and reflective analysis with members of two self‐advocacy groups.FindingsA synthesised data analysis found that applying the four‐part community development framework was useful to understand the practice and the purpose of work by self‐advocacy groups to change attitudes. The analysis also demonstrates the benefits for advocates and codesigned activities to intentionally apply the cycle of praxis model to guide their future efforts to change attitudes.ConclusionsThe research provides evidence that self‐advocacy groups achieve sustained impacts on attitudes in the community, beyond the direct benefit to their members. Government investment in self‐advocacy has potential to leverage wider system change in attitudes to achieve policy goals for the rights of people with disability. Methodologically, the research also has implications for the benefit of inclusive roles in reflective analysis to understand the lived experience of how practices contribute to system change. The design is an opportunity for inclusive researchers to intentionally incorporate reflective analysis into research processes.

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Section: Community Development and The Cycle Of Praxismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Learning From Experience and Planning For Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How do self‐advocates use community development to change attitudes to disability?

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“…At the heart of praxis is the importance of integrating reflection and action [28]. Often, praxis reflection includes reflecting on the values behind the actions that we have taken [23]. Within sustainability education, praxis has been a tool useful for integrating sustainability theory with student practice [2].…”

Section: Praxis Alignment Assignmentmentioning

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Sustainable Systems Engineering Course Design: Design for Systems and Society

Paul

Eggermont²

2022

PCEEA

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The new Sustainable Systems Engineering program at the University of Calgary aims to disrupt sustainability education by imbedding a systems approach and regenerative design mindset throughout. This paper provides an overview of a second-year design course, SUSE 301, Design for Systems and Society. The course introduces students to concepts of design for circular economy, regenerative design, and design for justice. Underlying all of these concepts is the idea of transformative learning through a systems thinking approach. Course assignments include chapter studies and discussions, critical reflection through a praxis experiment, and community-engaged design project. Overall, we hope to foster mindsets to develop engineering students who are able to fundamentally shift the discourse on sustainability engineering within industry, and critically reflect on the role of engineering itself. This course aims to provide students with the necessary tools and mindsets to foster real change across engineering industries to better support the interrelated elements of our society and planet.

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(Far) beyond smart specialisation to the foundational economy in Australia?

Rainnie

2023

Econ. labour relat. rev.

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The concept of Smart Specialisation (S3) as a foundation of regional development has spread far beyond the European Union. In Australia, S3 appeared first in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, but was applied in its most developed form in the Gippsland region of Victoria. Despite its growing influence, S3 has come in for criticism. In this article, we look at the way that the Foundational Economy (FE) and the related concept of Deep Place (DP) analysis have been promoted as potential answers to these limitations. I question how far FE and DP should be seen as an extension of or an alternative to S3. I look to more extensive approaches that have been put forward.

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Weaving reflection, action, and knowledge creation: lived experience as a catalyst into the cycle of praxis for community development

Cited by 6 publications

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How do self‐advocates use community development to change attitudes to disability?

How do self‐advocates use community development to change attitudes to disability?

Sustainable Systems Engineering Course Design: Design for Systems and Society

(Far) beyond smart specialisation to the foundational economy in Australia?

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