Resources

Below you can access:

• cPARN Meeting Notes
• PAR Centers and Institutes
• Participatory Methods
• PAR Bibliography

Please add links in the comments below and blog moderators will periodically integrate them into the resources list.

cPARN Meeting Notes/Publications

• Febraury 2nd, 2012 John Gaventa: Academic Research for Social Justice
• cPARN's entry into the Encyclopedia of Action Research

PARtners, Centers, and Institutes
LOCAL

Center for Transformative Action - Ithaca
Committee on U.S. - Latin American Relations - Ithaca
Dorothy Cotton Institute - Ithaca
Engaged Learning + Research @ Cornell University
Multicultural Resource Center - Ithaca

NATIONAL

Action Research Center @ University of Cincinnati
Activist Anthropology @ UT Austin
Center for Collaborative Action Research @ Pepperdine University
Public Science Project - New York City

INTERNATIONAL

Action Learning, Action Research Association (ALARA) - Global
Anarchist Studies Network - Global
ATD Fourth World Movement - Global
Center for Health Improvement - Sweden
Coady Institute @ St. Francis Xavier University
Global Alliance on Community Engaged Research (GACER) - Global

Humanities and Social Sciences Network (H-net) - Global

People's Science Institute - India

Interesting Methods/Projects

PhotoVoice: using photos to create community dialogue
smartMeme: a memetic and story-based strategy for change
spinweaveandcut:  Dissertation in comic book format
Hack the Dissertation: engaging research by turning it into something different
Respondent Driven Sampling:  doing snowball sampling of social networks



PAR Bibliography
Bland, D., & Atweh, B. (January 01, 2007). Students as researchers: engaging students' voices in PAR. Educational Action Research, 15, 3, 337-349.

Calhoun, E. (1994). How to Use Action Research in the Self-Renewing School.

Castree, N., Fuller, D., Kent, A., Kobayashi, A., Merrett, C., Pulido, L., & Barraclough, L. (January 01, 2008). Geography, pedagogy and politics. Progress in Human Geography, 32, 5, 680-718.

Chambers, R. (January 01, 1998). Beyond &#x2Whose reality counts?” New methods we now need?. Culture and Organization, 4, 2, 279-301.

Cook, T. (January 01, 2009). The purpose of mess in action research: building rigour though a messy turn. Educational Action Research, 17, 2, 277-291.

Cope, M. (January 01, 2009). Challenging Adult Perspectives on Children's Geographies through Participatory Research Methods: Insights from a Service-Learning Course. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 33, 1, 33-50.

Ferreyra, C., & Beard, P. (January 01, 2007). Participatory evaluation of collaborative and integrated water management: Insights from the field. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 50, 2, 271-296.

Gong, J., & Wright, D. (January 01, 2007). The Context of Power: Young People as Evaluators. American Journal of Evaluation, 28, 3, 327-333.

Hammond, J. D., Hicks, M., Kalman, R., & Miller, J. (December 07, 2005). PAR for the Course: A Congruent Pedagogical Approach for a PAR Methods Class. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 12, 1, 52-66.

Hemmings, A. (January 01, 2006). Great Ethical Divides: Bridging the Gap Between Institutional Review Boards and Researchers. Educational Researcher, 35, 4, 12-18.

Hmelo-Silver, C., & Barrows, H. (January 01, 2008). Facilitating Collaborative Knowledge Building. Cognition and Instruction, 26, 1, 48-94.

Lee, J.-A., & Finney, S. (January 01, 2005). Using Popular Theatre for Engaging Racialized Minority Girls in Exploring Questions of Identity and Belonging. Child & Youth Services, 26, 2, 95-118.

Macfarlane, A., Glynn, T., Grace, W., Penetito, W., & Bateman, S. (January 01, 2008). Indigenous epistemology in a national curriculum framework?. Ethnicities, 8, 1, 102-126.

Maurer, M., & Githens, R. P. (January 01, 2010). Toward a reframing of action research for human resource and organization development Moving beyond problem solving and toward dialogue. Action Research Sage Publications-, 8, 3, 267-292.

McCabe, M. (January 01, 2004). Strengthening Pedagogy and Praxis in Cultural Anthropology and Service-Learning: Insights from Postcolonialism. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 10, 3, 16-30.

Mulhearn, B. P., Falco, R., & Munson, L. (January 01, 2006). Project SELF: Preparing Professionals to Facilitate Self-Determination. Journal of Early Intervention, 29, 1, 63-79.

Oakley, A., Strange, V., Stephenson, J., Forrest, S., & Monteiro, H. (January 01, 2004). Evaluating Processes. Evaluation, 10, 4, 440-462.

Reason, P. (January 01, 1998). Political, epistemological, ecological and spiritual dimensions of participation. Culture and Organization, 4, 2, 147-167.

Schmuck, R. (2006). Practical Action Research for Change.

Simpson, J. L., & Seibold, D. (August 01, 2008). Practical Engagements and Co-Created Research. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 36, 3, 266-280.

Singhal, A., Harter, L., Chitnis, K., & Sharma, D. (July 01, 2007). Participatory photography as theory, method and praxis: analyzing an entertainment-education project in India. Critical Arts, 21, 1, 212-227.

Taylor, P. J. (2012). Taking Yourself Seriously: Processes of Research and Engagement.

Wicks, P., & Reason, P. (January 01, 2009). Initiating action research. Action Research, 7, 3, 243-262.

Williams, A., Holden, B., Krebs, P., Muhajarine, N., Waygood, K., Randall, J., & Spence, C. (January 01, 2008). Knowledge Translation Strategies in a Community-University Partnership: Examining Local Quality of Life (QoL). Social Indicators Research, 85, 1, 111-125.

Zachariou, A., & Symeou, L. (January 01, 2008). The Local Community as a Means for Promoting Education for Sustainable Development. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 7, 4, 129-143.