Open AccessMoving with the Movements: Participatory Action Research in In/Action
Author(s) -
Jonathan Langdon,
Sheena Cameron,
Natalie Krieger,
A.B. Rami Shani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the canadian journal of action research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1925-7147
DOI - 10.33524/cjar.v22i1.538
Subject(s) - participatory action research , citizen journalism , movement (music) , action research , action (physics) , social movement , sociology , meaning (existential) , public relations , political science , epistemology , pedagogy , aesthetics , politics , law , art , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , anthropology
Participation by its very nature is iterative, meaning Participatory Action Research (PAR) must be responsive to the way participation manifests and what actions emerge from this participation. In the article that follows, we share the complex and intertwined stories of PAR in action in two social movement contexts in Ghana, as well as the conditions that led to inaction in these two stories. This article builds on previous related work, where PAR was described as “moving with the movement” (Langdon & Larweh, 2015), and describes the complexities of trying to move with the movement as conditions and relationships change over time. By sharing challenges and achievements that have emerged from the movement and research, we illustrate how moving with the movement has resulted in rich and unanticipated learnings.