Theme Issue: Action Research for Transforming the Poverty Field Theme Editors: Victor J. Friedman, Bruno Tardieu, Gloria Almeyda, Maryann Broxton, Donna Haig Friedman, Grace B Kyomuhendo and Svante Lifvergren
Merging of Knowledge is a research approach that creates the conditions for people
with lived experience of poverty to participate at an equal level with academics and
practitioners, in the co-generation of knowledge about poverty. This paper reflects
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Free accessResearch articleFirst published September 22, 2023pp. 15–31
When conducting Participatory Action Research (PAR), we risk invalidating the experiential
knowledge of people in poverty. Their contributions might only be seen as legitimate
when put through a formal PAR process. We have thus developed a “woven ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published October 16, 2023pp. 32–50
Non-governmental organisations have several mechanisms in place to facilitate learning
with and from communities they intend to serve, however these do not always realise
authentic participation and meaningful programmatic adjustments. In a participatory
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Open AccessResearch articleFirst published September 25, 2023pp. 51–68
This Feminist Action Research (FAR) examines the impact of economic and societal exclusion
on low-income Latina mothers. The study, conducted in an urban community in the Northeast
U.S., aimed to foster social inclusion among low-income Latina mothers via ...
Free accessResearch articleFirst published September 1, 2023pp. 69–85
When stakeholders in participatory action research [PAR] projects live in poverty,
practices sometimes fail to recognize and draw on their capacity for critical reflection.
This constitutes epistemic (knowledge-based) injustice. It is problematic for ...
Free accessResearch articleFirst published October 27, 2023pp. 86–103