Naming and Un-Naming a Research Study "Participatory"

Authors

Sarai Koo, MAPS 4 CollegeFollow
Jessica Nina Lester, Indiana UniversityFollow

Abstract

In this article, we explore our own discomfort with naming our research studies participatory action research – at least during the initial stages of our work – and highlight several practices that we believe serve to create greater researcher reflexivity. Drawing upon two different research studies, we share three “lessons from practice” generated from an analysis of our fieldnotes and a series of interactive interviews. The lessons illustrate how we have come to name and un-name our research “participatory.” We offer suggestions for other researchers committed to engaging in participatory action research.

Keywords

Participatory Action Research, Action Research, InteractiveInterviewing

Publication Date

6-9-2014

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1221

Recommended APA Citation

Koo, S., & Lester, J. N. (2014). Naming and Un-Naming a Research Study "Participatory". The Qualitative Report, 19(23), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1221