Democratising Participatory Research : Pathways to Social Justice from the South.

By: Martinez-Vargas, CarmenMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2022Copyright date: �2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (262 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781800643109Subject(s): Research--Methodology | Social justiceGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Democratising Participatory ResearchDDC classification: 301.072 LOC classification: HM520Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Coloniality and Decoloniality in the Global South Higher-Education Context -- 3. Traditions and Limitations of Participatory Research -- 4. Democratising Participatory Research: A Capabilitarian Conceptualisation -- 5. Co-Researchers' Valued Capabilities -- 6. The South African DCR Project: Undergraduates as Researchers -- 7. Broadening Our Participatory Evaluations: A Southern Capabilitarian Perspective -- 8. DCR for Socially Just Higher Education: Perspectives from the South -- 9. Redrawing Our Epistemic Horizon -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index -- About the Team.
Summary: In this book Carmen Martinez-Vargas explores how academic participatory research and the way it is carried out can contribute to more, or less, social justice. Adopting theoretical and empirical approaches, and addressing multiple complex, intersectional issues, this book offers inspiration for scholars and practitioners to open up alternative pathways to social justice, viewed through a Global South lens.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Coloniality and Decoloniality in the Global South Higher-Education Context -- 3. Traditions and Limitations of Participatory Research -- 4. Democratising Participatory Research: A Capabilitarian Conceptualisation -- 5. Co-Researchers' Valued Capabilities -- 6. The South African DCR Project: Undergraduates as Researchers -- 7. Broadening Our Participatory Evaluations: A Southern Capabilitarian Perspective -- 8. DCR for Socially Just Higher Education: Perspectives from the South -- 9. Redrawing Our Epistemic Horizon -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index -- About the Team.

In this book Carmen Martinez-Vargas explores how academic participatory research and the way it is carried out can contribute to more, or less, social justice. Adopting theoretical and empirical approaches, and addressing multiple complex, intersectional issues, this book offers inspiration for scholars and practitioners to open up alternative pathways to social justice, viewed through a Global South lens.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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