Doing participatory action research: reflections on criticality and social justice from the researchers' perspective

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Kemp, L. ORCID: 0000-0001-5123-4315, Bailey, D. ORCID: 0000-0001-5823-7746 and Barnard, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-7824-6022, 2019. Doing participatory action research: reflections on criticality and social justice from the researchers' perspective. In: M. Granosik, A. Gulczyńska, M. Kostrzyńska and B. Littlechild, eds., Participatory social work: research, practice, education. Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, pp. 235-251. ISBN 9788323345992

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Abstract

This chapter explores Participatory Action Research (PAR) from the perspective of researchers who have applied PAR practises in two projects in the United Kingdom (UK) which are offered here as case studies. The first case study is a PAR based project which contemplates PAR by utilising the concept of “talking” as an activity for co-constructing knowledge about how young people who self-harm could be better helped when visiting their General Practitioners (GPs). The second is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), funded to improve a UK local authority’s children’s service and participation of children and young people in service design and delivery. Each case study is written and reflected upon by an individual contributor to this chapter.

The chapter outlines what participatory action research is and advocates why PAR is valuable for Social Work. Case studies are then introduced and critically discussed leading to the authors’ critical self-reflections and concluding comments.

Item Type:	Chapter in book
Creators:	Kemp, L., Bailey, D. and Barnard, A.
Publisher:	Jagiellonian University Press
Place of Publication:	Kraków
Date:	2019
ISBN:	9788323345992
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	31 May 2019 08:18
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2022 03:00
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/36682