Poverty knowledge and action research
Lessons from theRamanagaram Financial Diaries
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6134310 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Rajalaxmi Kamath (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, autor de correspondencia), Smita Ramanathan (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore) |
| Año | 2016 |
| Volumen | 14 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 435-450 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2016-02-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Action Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1476750316629018 |
| OpenAlex | W2264888686 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 11 |
This piece is an attempt to synthesize our learnings about poverty and action research using the financial diaries methodology among the urban poor at Ramanagaram, a town 60 km away from Bangalore, India. We introduced a participatory component in the financial diaries methodology by asking our respondents (all women) to be the diary writers. This helped narrowing the gap between the researchers and researched towards understanding data on the lives of the poor. It spurred an on-going relationship with our diary writers and enabled us to take a critical look at several mainstream conclusions about poverty. For example, eating out and expenditure on snacks by women, especially in women-headed households is not to be considered a temptation good but an expense arising from the informal nature of her employment, allowing her little time towards household chores. Similarly, buying a TV (sometimes by borrowing money) was often prompted by the drudgery of onerous job–work done from home, rather than from the need to emulate the Joneses. A small self-help livelihoods venture grew out of the interaction, which we helped setup. This study reinforces the need to have more action research with the poor, if meaningful solutions need be sought to their problems
Action (physics · Action research · Agriculture · Business · Citizen journalism · Economic growth · Economics · Laziness · Livelihood · Mainstream · Management · Participatory action research · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Temptation · Work (physics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,33 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |