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Power and Knowledge
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In this paper, the inseparable relationship of power and knowledge is discussed, and it is argued that there is a transhistorical constant in the production and dissemination of knowledge: a dialectical contradiction within its institutional heart.Abstract:
This article theorizes the inseparable relationship of power and knowledge. It argues that there is a transhistorical constant in the production and dissemination of knowledge: a dialectical contradiction within its institutional heart. The production, dissemination and, importantly, the consolidation of knowledge, is bound up with the obfuscation of this and restriction or prevention of knowledge dissemination. These latter processes are part of the concept I call structural mystification. The article explains and theoretically justifies this concept and details the manner of its working, using the example of educational systems.read more
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Reflections on Researcher Identity and Power: The Impact of Positionality on Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Processes and Outcomes.
Michael Muhammad,Nina Wallerstein,Andrew L. Sussman,Magdalena Avila,Lorenda Belone,Bonnie Duran +5 more
TL;DR: The possibility that core principles of CBPR cannot be realistically applied unless unequal power relations are identified and addressed is theorized, and incorporating academic researcher team identity is recommended as a core component of equalizing power distribution within CBPR.
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Participatory Action Research
Julie L. Ozanne,Bige Saatcioglu +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the participatory action research paradigm, which is based upon the goal of helping people and employs methodologies that are different from traditional consumer research, and the obstacles and opportunities for doing action research are examined.
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Youth ReACT for Social Change: a method for youth participatory action research.
TL;DR: The ReACT Method is presented, a PAR approach specifically designed to promote local knowledge production and critical consciousness by engaging youth in the problem identification, data analysis, and feedback stages of research.
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The paradox of participation in action research
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors deal with building the participative relationship itself, which is a difficult task in the action research literature, and relatively few studies deal with this aspect of the problem.
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Involving the public through participatory visual research methods
Laura S. Lorenz,Bettina Kolb +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown how providing cameras to patients and community residents can be effective at involving the public in generating understanding of consumer, community, and health system problems and strengths.
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Cultural Capital, Gender, and School Success: The Role of Habitus
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Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation
TL;DR: A realist theory of science and the Possibility of Naturalism, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, established the conception of social science as explanatory-and thence emancipatory-critique as discussed by the authors.