Why Don’t We do More Participatory Research? Randy Stoecker
Why don’t we do more participatory research? A challenging invitation A critical question A critical question A challenging invitation
What is Participatory Research? CBR PAR CBPR Social Service! Social change! PRA RRA AR Pop Ed participation impact
Participatory Research and Service Learning You got chocolate in my peanut butter! You got peanut butter on my chocolate! Service Learning Participatory Research student focused curriculum driven apply knowledge free labor for university community focused change driven create knowledge free labor for community ?
Is participatory research really better? Is it really participatory? Tokenism Colonizing research PR derived from SL Arnstein, 1969
Challenges to participatory research Communication Community organizing Rethinking knowledge Shifting perspective
Why don’t we dance? A theory of knowledge production. Social Relations of knowledge production Means of knowledge production Community control of knowledge production
Why don’t we dance? A methodological framework: Diagnose Evaluate Prescribe Implement Evaluate
Why don’t we dance? Become a good dancer Use ignorance Share the lead
The top 10 ways to get into participatory research 1. Ask a community worker how you can help. 2. Communicate, communicate, communicate. 3. Contribute to the literature on participatory research. 4. Teach a class on participatory research . 5. Think action. 6. Learn community organizing. 7. Find a community organizer . 8. Start small. 9. Read the literature on participatory research. 10. Take a community worker to lunch.
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Get the paper http://comm-org.wisc.edu/drafts/pr.htm