Avoiding both over-simplification and jargon-riddled complexity, this book is an invaluable, straightforward guide to participatory research for you and your fellow practitioners working with community groups and organisations.
The book offers a route map for co-research projects with groups and communities, taking you through each stage of the participatory research process, from planning a project to sharing the findings. Keeping in mind imperatives such as engagement and voice, the book explores how to carry out research in ways that are meaningful for communities.
This book includes valuable resources such as reflection points, tasks and further reading lists, offering support to practitioners to plan and undertake participatory research projects with confidence.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1. Just what is participatory research?
2. How do we begin to plan our participatory research project?
3. What do we want to explore and why?
4. What ideas are the foundations of our research?
5. How will we go about exploring our questions?
6. Who can get involved to explore our questions?
7. How shall we collect our data?
8. What do we do with our data?
9. How do we get our messages out there?
10. How do we keep everyone safe?
11. Doing and reviewing participatory research
Conclusion
About the Author :
Kaz Stuart is Professor of Social Injustice and Director of the Centre for Health and Society at the University of Cumbria, UK.
Lucy Maynard is Head of Research and Practice at Brathay Trust and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Cumbria, UK.
Review :
"Participatory research can be incredibly beneficial for the research project, participating group and the researcher. However, it can also be complex and can raise philosophical and practical challenges such as why should we take a participatory approach to research?" Research Matters
