Essentials of Critical Participatory Action Research

by Michelle Fine, María Elena Torre

The brief, practical texts in the Essentials of Qualitative Methods series introduce social science and psychology researchers to key approaches to qualitative methods, offering exciting opportunities to gather in-depth qualitative data and to develop rich and useful findings.

In this book, Michelle Fine and Maria Elena Torre provide an introduction to critical participatory action research, an approach that reveals the everyday stories of struggle and survival of the persons being studied, combats social injustice, and leverages social science research for action. Critical participatory action research challenges the narrow ways in which research has traditionally been conducted, and elevates the voices and perspectives of formerly marginalized groups.

About the Essentials of Qualitative Methods book Even for experienced researchers, selecting and correctly applying the right method can be challenging. In this groundbreaking series, leading experts in qualitative methods provide clear, crisp, and comprehensive descriptions of their approach, including its methodological integrity, and its benefits and limitations. Each book includes numerous examples to enable readers to quickly and thoroughly grasp how to leverage these valuable methods.

Genres: Academic

118 pages, Paperback

Published July 6, 2021

Reviews

[Diana Podar · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I was quite familiar with some of the examples in the book, based on the authors' previous publications (and resources on the Public Science Project website), the book did provide me with a better understanding of all the steps (and their challenges and joys) of CPAR projects, which aren't that easy to get from articles alone. Also,I really appreciated the "Methodological release points" parts, as well as the vulnerable disclosures of mistakes/mishaps along the way and new resources on (C)PAR projects. As someone who's trying to do this kind of work in an environment where people doubt the scientific value and robustness of (C)PAR, I found the book useful and encouraging.

[Noel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learned a lot and aligns with my positionality and stance as a critical educational researcher.

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[Sherwin Batilantes]

I ant to read. Thank you.