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Inspirations and aspirations of exemplarian action research
Author(s) -
Coenen Harry,
Khonraad Sjaak
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/casp.749
Subject(s) - reflexivity , emancipation , action (physics) , sketch , sociology , action research , epistemology , reciprocal , focus (optics) , participatory action research , empowerment , process (computing) , psychology , social science , political science , pedagogy , computer science , politics , law , philosophy , physics , linguistics , optics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , anthropology , operating system
Abstract As a methodology aimed to focus social scientific theorizing on actual social problems and examine new directions and guidelines for emancipation and empowerment, action research is based on a joint learning process of researchers and researched. The model of exemplarian action research tries to capture how this learning process can develop in practice. Before describing this model and its emancipatory aspirations, the authors sketch the theoretical inspirations of the model of exemplarian action research. They then go on to focus on the relationship between researcher and the researched party, particularly on the principles of reciprocal adequacy and explicitness which are necessary both from an epistemologically and critical point of view. The article concludes by outlining some aspects in which exemplarian action research can be distinguished from pragmatic action research and by emphasizing that it does not stand for a post‐modern position, but for a reflexive attitude that hopes to contribute to bringing us beyond a half‐modern society. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.