Can Academics in the Global North Engage in Participatory Action Research?

Front entrance of Bartolome House

Event details

Thursday 23 May 2024
3:30pm
Hybrid, Free

Description

This will be a presentation by Dr Deanne Bell, PhD. CPsychol. AFBPsS. SFHEA. Associate Professor of Critical Psychology and Decolonial Studies Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University

This event is Hybrid -

  • On campus: University of Sheffield, Bartolome house, Moot Court
  • Online: Joining links will be sent the day before the event.

If you select the in person ticket you will also be sent the online link as a back up if you end up not being able to make it in person.

In this presentation Dr Bell will describe fundamentals of Critical Participatory Action Research, reasons for its creation and ethics of participatory research praxes. A decolonial turn toward engaging in research with historically marginalised community members will also be discussed. Distinctions will be made between Critical Participatory Action Research and westernised modes of Action Research in an effort to address the question, can academics in the global north engage in participatory action research?

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