New Teaching in Participatory Methods for Practicing Anthropology

Autor: Ilboudo Nebie, Elisabeth, Wutich, Amber, Russell Bernard, H., Harper, Krista, Crittenden, Alyssa, Beresford, Melissa, Radonic, Lucero, Brewis, Alexandra, Luque, John, Ruth, Alissa, Mitchell, Charlayne, Roque, Anais, SturtzSreetharan, Cindi, Rhiney, Teniel
Zdroj: Practicing Anthropology; April 2024, Vol. 46 Issue: 2 p104-107, 4p
Abstrakt: AbstractAnthropologists are moving away from viewing anthropology as a solitary affair towards collaborative research, which values knowledge co-production with community members from research design to data analysis and write-up. By including the people who know most about the field site, participatory research seeks to confront power imbalances and advance social change. Building the capacity of students to fully engage with community partners is critical and requires hands-on training with methods that promote community participation. Yet, issues such as time constraints, insufficient institutional support, and the lack of formal training hinder the use and teaching of participatory research methods. Anthropologists can take advantage of the renewed enthusiasm for using participatory techniques, seen as instrumental for fostering social justice, to help tackle these barriers and promote new teaching in participatory methods in the field of Anthropology.
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