Participatory Action Research §

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• Feminist Research: It shares principles with feminist research, such as challenging oppression and promoting empowerment.
• Qualitative Research: It often employs qualitative research methods to gain in-depth understanding of community experiences.
• Social Change: The ultimate goal is to bring about positive social change through collaborative research and action.
• Lived Experience: Participatory action research involves collaborating with communities to address issues and create change based on their lived experiences and knowledge.
• Knowledge Co-creation: It values the co-creation of knowledge between researchers and community members.
• Community Engagement: Participatory Action Research involves active engagement with communities to address real-world issues.
• Participatory Methods: It utilizes participatory methods like focus groups, interviews, and community mapping to involve community members.
• Decolonizing Methodologies: It aligns with decolonizing methodologies that challenge Western research paradigms and center indigenous knowledge.
• Collaboration: It emphasizes collaboration between researchers and community members throughout the research process.
• Community-Based Participatory Research: It is closely related to Community-Based Participatory Research, which also emphasizes community engagement and collaboration.
• Critical Theory: It is influenced by critical theory, which examines power structures and promotes social justice.
• Empowerment: It aims to empower marginalized groups and promote social change through collective action.
• Reflexivity: Researchers engage in critical self-reflection to examine their positionality and biases.
• Participatory Rural Appraisal: Participatory Rural Appraisal is a specific approach within Participatory Action Research focused on rural development.
• Action Research Cycles: It follows iterative cycles of planning, action, observation, and reflection to address community issues.
• Participatory Learning and Action: Participatory Learning and Action is another approach that emphasizes collective learning and action for community development.