Nurtured by Knowledge: Learning to Do Participatory Action Research
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Title
Nurtured by Knowledge: Learning to Do Participatory Action Research
Abstract/Description
This book describes the struggle to build on a twenty-five year approach to democratic social change and personal growth known as participatory action-research (PAR). It based on the principle that people have a universal right to participate the production of knowledge that directly affects their lives. The heart of the book is a series of compelling case studies of PAR and attempts to achieve it in such diverse places as Canada, India, Africa, and Latin America. The final chapter analyzes lessons from these case studies and explores the principles and evolving processes of the PAR methodology in striving to satisfy the need for liberation and recovery of community.
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Date
Publisher
Apex Press
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Textbook
Open access/full-text available
No
Peer reviewed
No
ISBN
978-0-945257-82-0
Citation
Smith, S. E., Willms, D. G., & Johnson, N. A. (1997). Nurtured by Knowledge: Learning to Do Participatory Action Research. Apex Press.
Num pages
312
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