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Participatory research methods: a methodological approach in motion
Partizipative Forschungsmethoden: ein methodischer Ansatz in Bewegung
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Abstract "This article serves as an introduction to the FQS special issue 'Participatory Qualitative Research'. In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in participatory research strategies. The articles in this special issue come from different disciplines. Against the background of concrete ... view more
"This article serves as an introduction to the FQS special issue 'Participatory Qualitative Research'. In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in participatory research strategies. The articles in this special issue come from different disciplines. Against the background of concrete empirical research projects, they address numerous conceptual considerations and methodological approaches. After reading the contributions, and engaging with the authors' arguments, the authors were prompted to focus in particular on those areas in which further work needs to be done. They include, on the one hand, fundamental principles of participatory research, such as democratic-theory considerations, the concept of 'safe space', participation issues, and ethical questions. And, on the other hand, the authors focus an practical research considerations regarding the rote and tasks of the various participants; specific methodological approaches; and quality criteria - understood here in the sense of arguments justifying a participatory approach. The authors' aim is to stimulate a broad discussion that does not focus only on participatory research in the narrower sense. Because participatory methodology poses certain knowledge- and research-related questions in a radical way, it has the potential to draw attention to hitherto neglected areas in qualitative methodology and to stimulate their further development." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
qualitative method; research approach; ethics; quality control; methodological research; research; participation; empirical research; empirical social research; action research
Classification
Research Design
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Method
descriptive study; basic research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 191-222
Journal
Historical Social Research, 37 (2012) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.37.2012.4.191-222
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed