Education, Participatory Action Research, and Social Change

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction: International Perspectives on Education, PAR, and Social Change

   1. Introduction: International Perspectives on Education, PAR, and Social Change

      • Dip Kapoor, Steven Jordan

      Pages 1-11

3. International Perspectives on Education and PAR

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. From a Methodology of the Margins to Neoliberal Appropriation and Beyond: The Lineages of PAR

      • Steven Jordan

      Pages 15-27

   3. Participatory academic research (par) and People’s Participatory Action Research (PAR): Research, Politicization, and Subaltern Social Movements in India

      • Dip Kapoor

      Pages 29-44

   4. When Research Becomes a Revolution: Participatory Action Research with Indigenous Peoples

      • Cora Weber-Pillwax

      Pages 45-58

   5. Ko tātou te rangahau, ko te rangahau, ko tātou: A Māori Approach to Participatory Action Research

      • Lynne Harata Te Aika, Janinka Greenwood

      Pages 59-72

   6. Translating “Participation” from North to South: A Case Against Intellectual Imperialism in Social Science Research

      • Cynthia M. Chambers, Helen Balanoff

      Pages 73-88

   7. Action Research for Curriculum Internationalization: Education versus Commercialization

      • Robin McTaggart, Gina Curró

      Pages 89-105

   8. Critical Complexity and Participatory Action Research: Decolonizing “Democratic” Knowledge Production

      • Joe L. Kincheloe

      Pages 107-121

   9. Reconceptualizing Participatory Action Research for Sustainability Education

      • Elizabeth A. Lange

      Pages 123-136

4. International Contexts: Case Studies of PAR, Education, and Social Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Chara chimwe hachitswanyi inda: Indigenizing Science Education in Zimbabwe

      • Edward Shizha

      Pages 139-153

   3. Research and Agency: The Case of Rural Women and Land Tenure in Tanzania

      • Christine Hellen Mhina

      Pages 155-168

   4. NGO-Community Partnerships, PAR, and Learning in Mining Struggles in Ghana

      • Valerie Kwai Pun

      Pages 169-180

   5. Ethnography-in-Motion: Neoliberalism and the Shack Dwellers Movement in South Africa

      • Shannon Walsh

      Pages 181-193

   6. Kabyle Community Participatory Action Research (CPAR) in Algeria: Reflections on Research, Amazigh Identity, and Schooling

      • Taieb Belkacem

      Pages 195-207

   7. Notes and Queries for an Activist Street Anthropology: Street Resistance, Gringopolítica, and the Quest for Subaltern Visions in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

      • Samuel Veissière

      Pages 209-222

   8. A Participatory Research Approach to Exploring Social Movement Learning in the Chilean Women’s Movement

      • Donna M. Chovanec, Héctor M. González

      Pages 223-237

   9. Participatory Research, NGOs, and Grassroots Development: Challenges in Rural Bangladesh

      • Bijoy P. Barua

      Pages 239-250

Drawing primarily from critical traditions in social and educational research, this book frames contemporary issues and several conceptual, theoretical-analytical and onto-epistemic approaches towards the development and practice of PAR (Participatory Action Research) in multiple educational spaces and initiatives for socio-cultural change.

• anthropology
• Chile
• education
• educational research
• research

"This is the book we have been waiting for. PAR historically originated in political struggle; yet over the years there has been a cooptation and an evisceration of the essential notion of what is participatory by the western research establishment. PAR has lost its sharp definition and power has been deleted from the research equation . . .Every educator interested in social change should read it." - Phyllis Cunningham, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus and Activist Scholar, Northern Illinois University

"This book is a welcome addition to the critical literature on research methodologies. In particular, researchthat engagesthose who want to tell their own stories, on their own terms, using the vernacular will be encouraged by this publication. The authorsargue thatPAR has the potential to generate radical change . . .One of the several strengths portrayed in this book is the critique in anticipation of those who would corrupt the democratic and communitarian ethos of PAR." - Wally Penetito, Professor of Maori Education, Te Kura Maori and Co-Director of He Parekereke: Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

"This is a must read and a timely text for both students and scholars in the field. Kapoor and Jordan provide a wide array of perspectives on the politics of social change, voice and research, offering critical insights to democratic and participatory methodologies.This is a significant contribution to the literature, especially as we struggle to (re)define justice across the globe. A perfect and soon to be classic anthology for classroom use!" - Sandy Grande, Associate Professor of Education, Connecticut College

Dip Kapoor is an associate professor, International Education, in Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta

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