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Reflections on participatory research
Author(s) -
Pain Rachel,
Francis Peter
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/1475-4762.00109
Subject(s) - newcastle upon tyne , participatory action research , citizen journalism , politics , sociology , action (physics) , work (physics) , qualitative research , action research , political action , participatory evaluation , public relations , engineering ethics , social science , political science , pedagogy , engineering , law , anthropology , mechanical engineering , ancient history , physics , quantum mechanics , history
Participatory research approaches are increasingly popular with geographers in developed as well as developing countries, as critical qualitative methodologies which at their best work with participants to effect change. This paper adds to recent debates over the methodologies, practices, philosophical and political issues involved. Drawing on a project on young people, exclusion and crime victimization in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, we discuss the limitations of participatory diagramming and illustrate some of the social and political barriers to meaningful participation in, and action from, this type of research.