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Guidelines and toolkits

Youth-Led Participatory Action Research Guides

22/06/2022

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

Participatory research challenges the academic tradition in which the scientist is at the center of decisions in the research process. Inspired by popular education, this approach allows members of the community to question their living conditions and develop solutions to improve them from a social justice perspective. These guides were developed and tested as part […]

Journal article

The personal is political: a feminist reflection on a journey into participatory arts-based research with sex worker migrants in South Africa

05/11/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

The personal is political: a feminist reflection on a journey into participatory arts-based research with sex worker migrants in South Africa

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Overview

This article offers a personal reflection of my journey into participatory arts-based research with sex work migrants in South Africa. It begins by sharing some background information of how my own experience as a migrant woman, and my layered (sometimes conflicted) identities, have continued to shape and influence much of my scholarly work, including my […]

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Practitioner-led research: experiences with Learning Platforms

01/06/2007

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

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This article describes Learning Platforms, a structured effort by the Dutch-based agency SNV to encourage its expert advisers to engage in reading and analysing academic research related to the context in which they work, and to undertake research of their own. Although the practitioners’ ability to apply their research to their daily practice, and the […]

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A neutral feminist observer? observation-based research and the politics of feminist knowledge making

10/07/2007

11 pages long

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A neutral feminist observer? observation-based research and the politics of feminist knowledge making

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This paper draws from the author’s own experience as a first-time fieldworker, and from Donna Haraway’s writing on feminist knowledge making, to discuss feminist research in development studies as a necessarily political endeavour. Researcher neutrality in feminist fieldwork is neither possible nor desirable. However, a politically engaged approach to observation-based research entails risks and limitations […]

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Inequality

Inequality exacerbates poverty and leaves millions of people unable to exercise their rights to a basic standard of life, health, and dignity

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Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

01/07/2000

8 pages long

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Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

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Overview

This article looks at action-research into the interests and needs of older women in 11 urban communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The research was instigated by Aquelarre (CEAPA), with help from International Co-operation for Development (ICD); Fundompromued (the Dominican Foundation for the Protection of Women of the Third Age); and informal women’s groups. The […]

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Bridging the ‘macro’-‘micro’ divide in policy-oriented research

01/11/1995

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

There is a recognised tension between the development practitioner’s need for timely intelligence on key topics, and the normal routines of academic development studies. Closing that gap involves, among other things, elaborating new ways of organising and doing research. This article, by an academic, is concerned especially with how to combine interactive rapid-appraisal methods with […]

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Humanitarian

Photo captions and credit Oxfam, together with partners in Turkiye and Syria working to reach nearly 2 million people affected by the quake with aid and support. Tineke D’haese/Oxfam

Journal article

Operationalising participatory research and farmer-to-farmer extension: the Kamayoq in Peru

01/08/2008

5 pages long

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Operationalising participatory research and farmer-to-farmer extension: the Kamayoq in Peru

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Overview

While rural poverty is endemic in the Andean region, structural adjustment programmes have led to a dismemberment of agricultural research and extension services so that they are unable to serve the needs of smallholder farmers. The NGO Practical Action has been working in the Andes to address farmers’ veterinary and agriculture needs. The work has […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

Youth-Led Participatory Action Research Guides

22/06/2022

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Participatory research challenges the academic tradition in which the scientist is at the center of decisions in the research process. Inspired by popular education, this approach allows members of the community to question their living conditions and develop solutions to improve them from a social justice perspective. These guides were developed and tested as part […]

Journal article

The personal is political: a feminist reflection on a journey into participatory arts-based research with sex worker migrants in South Africa

05/11/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

The personal is political: a feminist reflection on a journey into participatory arts-based research with sex worker migrants in South Africa

Keywords

Overview

This article offers a personal reflection of my journey into participatory arts-based research with sex work migrants in South Africa. It begins by sharing some background information of how my own experience as a migrant woman, and my layered (sometimes conflicted) identities, have continued to shape and influence much of my scholarly work, including my […]

Journal article

Practitioner-led research: experiences with Learning Platforms

01/06/2007

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article describes Learning Platforms, a structured effort by the Dutch-based agency SNV to encourage its expert advisers to engage in reading and analysing academic research related to the context in which they work, and to undertake research of their own. Although the practitioners’ ability to apply their research to their daily practice, and the […]

Journal article

A neutral feminist observer? observation-based research and the politics of feminist knowledge making

10/07/2007

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

A neutral feminist observer? observation-based research and the politics of feminist knowledge making

Keywords

Overview

This paper draws from the author’s own experience as a first-time fieldworker, and from Donna Haraway’s writing on feminist knowledge making, to discuss feminist research in development studies as a necessarily political endeavour. Researcher neutrality in feminist fieldwork is neither possible nor desirable. However, a politically engaged approach to observation-based research entails risks and limitations […]

Webpage

About Policy & Practice

Policy & Practice shares knowledge, evidence, and ideas from our experience and from our work in partnership.

Webpage

Inequality

Inequality exacerbates poverty and leaves millions of people unable to exercise their rights to a basic standard of life, health, and dignity

Journal article

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

01/07/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at action-research into the interests and needs of older women in 11 urban communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The research was instigated by Aquelarre (CEAPA), with help from International Co-operation for Development (ICD); Fundompromued (the Dominican Foundation for the Protection of Women of the Third Age); and informal women’s groups. The […]

Journal article

Bridging the ‘macro’-‘micro’ divide in policy-oriented research

01/11/1995

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

There is a recognised tension between the development practitioner’s need for timely intelligence on key topics, and the normal routines of academic development studies. Closing that gap involves, among other things, elaborating new ways of organising and doing research. This article, by an academic, is concerned especially with how to combine interactive rapid-appraisal methods with […]

Webpage

Humanitarian

Photo captions and credit Oxfam, together with partners in Turkiye and Syria working to reach nearly 2 million people affected by the quake with aid and support. Tineke D’haese/Oxfam

Journal article

Operationalising participatory research and farmer-to-farmer extension: the Kamayoq in Peru

01/08/2008

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Operationalising participatory research and farmer-to-farmer extension: the Kamayoq in Peru

Keywords

Overview

While rural poverty is endemic in the Andean region, structural adjustment programmes have led to a dismemberment of agricultural research and extension services so that they are unable to serve the needs of smallholder farmers. The NGO Practical Action has been working in the Andes to address farmers’ veterinary and agriculture needs. The work has […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

Youth-Led Participatory Action Research Guides

22/06/2022

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Participatory research challenges the academic tradition in which the scientist is at the center of decisions in the research process. Inspired by popular education, this approach allows members of the community to question their living conditions and develop solutions to improve them from a social justice perspective. These guides were developed and tested as part […]

Journal article

The personal is political: a feminist reflection on a journey into participatory arts-based research with sex worker migrants in South Africa

05/11/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

The personal is political: a feminist reflection on a journey into participatory arts-based research with sex worker migrants in South Africa

Keywords

Overview

This article offers a personal reflection of my journey into participatory arts-based research with sex work migrants in South Africa. It begins by sharing some background information of how my own experience as a migrant woman, and my layered (sometimes conflicted) identities, have continued to shape and influence much of my scholarly work, including my […]

Journal article

Practitioner-led research: experiences with Learning Platforms

01/06/2007

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article describes Learning Platforms, a structured effort by the Dutch-based agency SNV to encourage its expert advisers to engage in reading and analysing academic research related to the context in which they work, and to undertake research of their own. Although the practitioners’ ability to apply their research to their daily practice, and the […]

Journal article

A neutral feminist observer? observation-based research and the politics of feminist knowledge making

10/07/2007

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

A neutral feminist observer? observation-based research and the politics of feminist knowledge making

Keywords

Overview

This paper draws from the author’s own experience as a first-time fieldworker, and from Donna Haraway’s writing on feminist knowledge making, to discuss feminist research in development studies as a necessarily political endeavour. Researcher neutrality in feminist fieldwork is neither possible nor desirable. However, a politically engaged approach to observation-based research entails risks and limitations […]

Webpage

About Policy & Practice

Policy & Practice shares knowledge, evidence, and ideas from our experience and from our work in partnership.

Webpage

Inequality

Inequality exacerbates poverty and leaves millions of people unable to exercise their rights to a basic standard of life, health, and dignity

Journal article

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

01/07/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at action-research into the interests and needs of older women in 11 urban communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The research was instigated by Aquelarre (CEAPA), with help from International Co-operation for Development (ICD); Fundompromued (the Dominican Foundation for the Protection of Women of the Third Age); and informal women’s groups. The […]

Journal article

Bridging the ‘macro’-‘micro’ divide in policy-oriented research

01/11/1995

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

There is a recognised tension between the development practitioner’s need for timely intelligence on key topics, and the normal routines of academic development studies. Closing that gap involves, among other things, elaborating new ways of organising and doing research. This article, by an academic, is concerned especially with how to combine interactive rapid-appraisal methods with […]

Webpage

Humanitarian

Photo captions and credit Oxfam, together with partners in Turkiye and Syria working to reach nearly 2 million people affected by the quake with aid and support. Tineke D’haese/Oxfam

Journal article

Operationalising participatory research and farmer-to-farmer extension: the Kamayoq in Peru

01/08/2008

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Operationalising participatory research and farmer-to-farmer extension: the Kamayoq in Peru

Keywords

Overview

While rural poverty is endemic in the Andean region, structural adjustment programmes have led to a dismemberment of agricultural research and extension services so that they are unable to serve the needs of smallholder farmers. The NGO Practical Action has been working in the Andes to address farmers’ veterinary and agriculture needs. The work has […]