When participants don’t wish to participate in participatory action research, and when others participate on their behalf: the representation of communities by real and faux participants

Levinson, M.P (2017) 'When participants don’t wish to participate in participatory action research, and when others participate on their behalf: the representation of communities by real and faux participants.' Urban Review, 49 (3). pp. 382-399. ISSN 0042-0972

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Abstract

This article focuses on methodological and epistemological issues arising from a research project with two Gypsy communities (2010–2012) in the South West of England. Although the two communities seem to share cultural roots and values, and live within a few miles of each other, they have contrasting experiences within the education system and very different relationships with the surrounding mainstream communities. The article explores difficulties emerging as a consequence of the contrasting positions of the participant communities, the differing research aspirations and practices across the research team, and also the tensions between ethnographic work and participatory action research. It queries the problematic nature of participation, and proposes the concept of the faux-participant.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Roma; Gypsies; ethnography; participatory action research
Divisions: School of Education
UoA: Education
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-016-0390-9
Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2017 09:40
Last Modified: 15 Aug 2021 09:44
URI / Page ID: https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/8804
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