Imagining the flowers, but working the rich and heavy clay: participation and empowerment in action research for health

Jacobs, Gaby

doi:10.1080/09650790600975809

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“…This participatory characteristic (Jacobs, 2006) requires all involved to be reflective, to be explicit about the perspective from which knowledge is created and to see democratic peer relationships as an ethical and political form of inquiry that serves the practical ethos of improvement-oriented methodologies. The ethical and empowering dimensions of PAAR affirms peoples' right and ability to have a say in decisions that affect their livelihoods and which claim to generate knowledge about them (Magnusson & Hanson, 2003).…”

Section: Working From the 'Positive Present'mentioning

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Participatory and appreciative action and reflection (PAAR) - democratizing reflective practices

Ghaye¹,

Melander‐Wikman

Kisare

et al. 2008

CREP

149

125

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The paper introduces a new approach to reflecting and acting called participatory and appreciative action and reflection (PAAR). It explores its potential to enable individuals and groups to move forward, to improve their working practices and lives in particular communities and contexts. The paper situates PAAR in the historical context of participatory and action research and reflective learning. It suggests that using PAAR requires four strategic 'turns'. By turn we mean a change in direction from one way of thinking and practising to another. The four turns are: (i) away from a preoccupation with changing behaviours in order to solve problems, with 'fixing' things and an engagement in deficit-based discourses, towards the development of appreciative insight, understanding the root causes of success and sustaining strengths-based discourses in order to amplify those things that will help build a better future from the positive present; (ii) away from self-learning (individualism and isolation) and towards collective learning through interconnectedness, appreciative knowledge sharing and the use of new forms of communications technology which enable simultaneous action in dispersed geopolitical spaces; (iii) away from one way of knowing and one perspective on truth to an acceptance of more pluralistic view of ways of knowing, of understanding human experience and putting this knowing to good use; (iv) away from reflective cycles and spirals and towards the use of a reflective learning (r-learning) framework comprising four mutually supportive processes. They are those of developing an appreciative 'gaze', of reframing lived experience, of building practical wisdom and of achieving and moving forward.

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Section: Working From the 'Positive Present'mentioning

confidence: 99%

Participatory and appreciative action and reflection (PAAR) - democratizing reflective practices

Ghaye¹,

Melander‐Wikman

Kisare

et al. 2008

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149

125

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“…The overarching goal of these deliberative activities was to obtain and sustain a 'social license to operate' in Bana [33][34][35]. In accordance with Target Malaria's stakeholder engagement principles, local community members were engaged at the consultative, functional, interactive, and involvement levels, corresponding to the four levels of the participatory scale [36][37][38].…”

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Motivations and expectations driving community participation in entomological research projects: Target Malaria as a case study in Bana, Western Burkina Faso

Barry

Toé

Pare/Toe

et al. 2020

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Background Most field entomology research projects require active participation by local community members. Since 2012, Target Malaria, a not-for-profit research consortium, has been working with residents in the village of Bana, in Western Burkina Faso, in various studies involving mosquito collections, releases and recaptures. The long-term goal of this work is to develop innovative solutions to combat malaria in Africa with the help of mosquito modification technologies. Since the start of the project, members of local communities have played an important role in research activities, yet the motivations and expectations that drive their participation remain under-investigated. This study aims to examine the factors that motivate some members of the local community to contribute to the implementation of Target Malaria’s activities in the village of Bana, and, more broadly, to explore the motivations animating citizen participation in entomological research work. Methods A qualitative approach was used to examine the factors motivating the local community to assist in the implementation of Target Malaria’s entomological research activities in Bana. 85 individual in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted, followed by three focus groups, one with youths who had participated in mosquito collections, and two with adult men and women from the village. All data collected were fully transcribed, processed, and submitted for thematic content analysis. Results Data showed that the willingness of local community members to participate in entomological research activities was informed by a wide range of motivational factors. Although interviewees expressed their motivations under different semantic registers, the data showed a degree of consistency around five categories of motivation: (a) enhance protection from mosquitoes and malaria, (b) contribute to a future world free of the disease, (c) acquire knowledge and skills, (d) earn financial compensation, and (e) gain social prestige for the village. Conclusion These varying motivations reflected fundamentally different personal and collective perceptions about the participation process. Beyond the specific circumstances of this case, our study highlights the importance of understanding the varied, context-specific reasons driving collective participation in entomological research and vector control activities.

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“…40 Although several potentially appealing aspects of participatory safety barrier analyses can be identified, the project also raises certain uncertainties regarding the long-term positive effects such analyses will introduce. First, the level of participation is functional (Jacobs 2006), implying that the actual power to make the suggested improvements remains in the hands of the management. As the study was 45 completed in December 2011, there is some uncertainty around whether the measures will be implemented.…”

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“…When first adapted from a health-promotion context (Jacobs 2006;Pretty 1995), five different levels were identified with increased employee influence on the process and end result: (1) participation by information, where employees are informed 15 of an impending safety intervention by the employer, and can ask questions; (2) participation by consultation, where employees' opinions on an intervention are solicited, but the employer makes the final decision as to the best course of action to pursue; (3) functional participation, where employees are involved in developing the intervention, but the employer retains control over the process; (4) interactive 20 participation, where employees and employer are equal partners in defining problems and devising strategies to address them; and, (5) self-mobilization, where employees organize an intervention and employers support it if asked.…”

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Participatory safety barrier analysis: a case from the offshore maritime industry

Kongsvik

Haavik

Gjøsund

2013

Journal of Risk Research

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Imagining the flowers, but working the rich and heavy clay: participation and empowerment in action research for health

Cited by 32 publications

References 10 publications

Participatory and appreciative action and reflection (PAAR) - democratizing reflective practices

Participatory and appreciative action and reflection (PAAR) - democratizing reflective practices

Motivations and expectations driving community participation in entomological research projects: Target Malaria as a case study in Bana, Western Burkina Faso

Participatory safety barrier analysis: a case from the offshore maritime industry

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