Doing Research<i>with</i>Young People: Participatory Research and the Rituals of Collective Work

Cahill, Caitlin

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“…How research approaches unfold on the ground can be unexpected and difficult to predict in advance and therefore challenging to incorporate into initial ethical plans required by institutional bodies (Cahill et al, 2007). Participatory research is 'emergent' and does not fit neatly into the predefined formulations so loved by formal ethical approval processes (Martin, 2007).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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Between a rock and a hard place: Ethical dilemmas of local community facilitators doing participatory research projects

et al. 2015

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Participatory research is supposed to involve participants in a collective definition of goals and the co-production and sharing of research outputs. However, when articulated through an extended period of time involving a range of local, national and international actors, the practicalities of participatory research means that certain groups and individuals become responsible for taking leading roles, with subsequent ethical dilemmas. In the 'Community-owned solutions for future environmental challenges in the Guiana Shield, South America' (COBRA) project, the participatory research process involves a group of five Indigenous researchers -"the local team" -in charge of carrying out the research on the ground e.g. defining procedures, carrying out community engagement and supporting the communities in analysing and disseminating the material. This local team is, in turn, supported by researchers from a national NGO and foreign academics.Considerable responsibility has been given to the local team for achieving project outcomes, and freedom in defining project tasks and activities. This paper analyses the multiple ethical dilemmas arising out of this situation, particularly the role of the local team as intermediaries between the wider community and project partners. We highlight the existence of significant mismatches between research expectations, and the ethical processes in operation at community level which are usually established on long-term, tacit and reciprocal relationships. We discuss how local community researchers are challenged with balancing the tensions between these two ethical polarities, while at the same time producing participatory research outcomes that are acceptable by everyone involved.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Between a rock and a hard place: Ethical dilemmas of local community facilitators doing participatory research projects

et al. 2015

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“…Recent trends in participatory research practice and research on participatory processes include a reassessment of their epistemological foundations (Reason andTorbert 2001, Hatchuel 2005), creation of typologies (Cornwall andJewkes 1995, Probst andHagmann 2003), ethics (Cahill et al 2007, Sultana 2007, and movement toward a range of pluralist perspectives on research philosophy, theory, and method (Gregory 1996, Taket and White 1996, Midgley 2000, Mingers 2003, which is linked to reflection on the position of the researcher and other actors in participatory water management. Maybe most apparent, however, is a trend among many researchers to become active as change managers and facilitate the implementation of participation methods.…”

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Implementing Participatory Water Management: Recent Advances in Theory, Practice, and Evaluation

Korff¹,

Daniell²,

Moellenkamp³

et al. 2012

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ABSTRACT. Many current water planning and management problems are riddled with high levels of complexity, uncertainty, and conflict, so-called "messes" or "wicked problems." The realization that there is a need to consider a wide variety of values, knowledge, and perspectives in a collaborative decision making process has led to a multitude of new methods and processes being proposed to aid water planning and management, which include participatory forms of modeling, planning, and decision aiding processes. However, despite extensive scientific discussions, scholars have largely been unable to provide satisfactory responses to two pivotal questions: (1) What are the benefits of using participatory approaches?; (2) How exactly should these approaches be implemented in complex social-ecological settings to realize these potential benefits? In the study of developing social-ecological system sustainability, the first two questions lead to a third one that extends beyond the one-time application of participatory approaches for water management: (3) How can participatory approaches be most appropriately used to encourage transition to more sustainable ecological, social, and political regimes in different cultural and spatial contexts? The answer to this question is equally open. This special feature on participatory water management attempts to propose responses to these three questions by outlining recent advances in theory, practice, and evaluation related to the implementation of participatory water management. The feature is largely based on an extensive range of case studies that have been implemented and analyzed by cross-disciplinary research teams in collaboration with practitioners, and in a number of cases in close cooperation with policy makers and other interested parties such as farmers, fishermen, environmentalists, and the wider public. Key Words: adaptive management, collaborative decision making, evaluation, interactive planning, participatory modeling, participatory research, process design, public participation, social learning, stakeholder participation, water resources management FOCUS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE SPECIAL FEATUREMany current water planning and management problems are riddled with high levels of complexity, uncertainty, and conflict, so-called "messes" (Ackoff 1979) or "wicked problems" (Rittel and Webber 1973). These problems are increasingly encountered in the public policy sphere as resources become scarce, conflicts between water users and interest groups proliferate, and the ecological and social aspects of water planning become more prominent. As a result, it is increasingly rare that technical water managers have sufficient decision making authority and capacity to implement plans and water management actions by themselves. Furthermore, the realization that there is a need to consider a wide variety of values, knowledge, and perspectives in a collaborative decision making process has led to a multitude of new methods and processes being proposed to aid water planning and managem...

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“…While participatory research with children has flourished over recent years, there are still gaps in the literature about everyday experiences and personal reflections from children's perspectives (Cahill, 2016). Writing the article collaboratively provided a space for multiple perspectives to be represented.…”

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”Everything Changed When I Got Those Drums”: A Collaborative Case Reflection

Fairchild

Mraz²

2018

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Abstr Abstract actChildren accompanying their families through the family violence system are often described through the lens of risk. In contrast, there are minimal narratives that describe the interplay between how children's existing resources can be enriched through engagement in therapeutic programs. This article describes a collaborative case reflection exploring the experiences and actions of a music therapist (Rebecca Fairchild) and an 11-year-old boy ('Malakai Mraz') who was accompanying his mother through the family violence system. Following involvement in short term music therapy, Malakai expressed how receiving a drum machine and learning to play the drums had changed his life. We decided to collaborate in writing this article together to describe our personal reflections about the various stages of our engagement in music therapy together and to explore the range of conditions and resources at play that contributed to Malakai's growth and development. We will also share a song that was written as part of the collaborative process as a way of providing an arts-based and child-centred representation of our experiences. Critical considerations for writing collaboratively in this way with participants in therapeutic programs will also be discussed.

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Doing ResearchwithYoung People: Participatory Research and the Rituals of Collective Work

Cited by 237 publications

References 19 publications

Between a rock and a hard place: Ethical dilemmas of local community facilitators doing participatory research projects

Between a rock and a hard place: Ethical dilemmas of local community facilitators doing participatory research projects

Implementing Participatory Water Management: Recent Advances in Theory, Practice, and Evaluation

”Everything Changed When I Got Those Drums”: A Collaborative Case Reflection

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