Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) : decolonizing and social justice research and practice with second-generation refugees / Dorothee Hölscher, Kani Kenyi, Jessica Subek, Samaneh Payanda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hölscher, Dorothee, author.

Kenyi, Kani, author.

Subek, Jessica, author.

Payanda, Samaneh, author.

Series:

SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research.

SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Action research.

Social justice--Research.

Social justice.

Children of immigrants.

Refugees--Social conditions--Research.

Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2024.

Summary:

This case study reports on a pilot study conducted in 2023 to trial participatory learning and action (PLA) as a research methodology for an exploration of the experiences of social (in)justice in the everyday lives of second-generation refugees in their mid-to-late adolescence and emerging adulthood. PLA belongs to a set of participatory methodologies that emerged in the mid-1970s in the Global South. It denotes a qualitative, group-based, and collaborative design, where research strategies are egalitarian, process-oriented, and intertwined with community action, and where participants become coresearchers, empowered to generate their own findings and encouraged to use them for their own pursuits. Activities entail the production of tangible artifacts or visualisations, which form the basis for group conversation, joint reflection, and discussion. In this case, seven young people with refugee backgrounds participated in a total of four PLA sessions, during which they drew and discussed their personal lifelines, community maps, and body maps, as well as engaged in a final PhotoVoice session. These activities were experienced at once as time consuming, emotionally demanding, as well as fun and empowering, while generating rich qualitative findings and ideas for further community action. Careful preparations, including the joint development of a risk protocol, and a group culture of humility, mutual trust and care were pivotal to enabling critical reflexivity within a climate of safety for both participants and researchers/facilitators. We found PLA to be an apt methodology for small-scale studies and research projects that centre social justice concerns and community healing.

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ISBN:

1-5296-8696-2

9781529686968

OCLC:

1428169283