Knowledge in action
Negotiating power in development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6134579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Keahey (0000-0001-8874-4618, Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 480-497 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Action Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1476750319837328 |
| OpenAlex | W2925908396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 22 |
How can sociopolitical theories inform participatory action research and what are the implications for development? I answer this question by reflecting on a research, training, and networking project that I conducted with small-scale rooibos tea farmers in postapartheid South Africa. My research team was comprised of community-based farmer leaders who sought representation in an industry marked by acute inequalities. Guided by Freire’s theory of conscientization, we employed a multi-paradigmatic framework to address questions pertaining to governance and identity. Theoretical training enabled my team to systematically interrogate differential power dynamics, illuminating the sociopolitical terrain. In return my co-investigators taught me to embrace a more situated understanding of power, helping us to shift the relations of research and practice. Yet we were unable to scale up outcomes due to material barriers, suggesting that knowledge alone is not power. Our experience illustrates the limitations of conscientization as a model for participatory development as well as its potential for delivering a multi-paradigmatic theory of social transformation
Action (physics · Action research · Citizen journalism · Corporate governance · Critical theory · Epistemology · Identity (music · Management · Negotiation · Participatory action research · Pedagogy · Political science · Power (physics · Public relations · Situated · Social science · Sociology · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics
Postcolonial Theory
The Politics of Education
Powers of Theory
The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory
Unity in Diversity
Whose Knowledge Counts? Developing Fair Trade Skills in South Africa
Introduction
Gendered livelihoods and social change in post-apartheid South Africa
Participatory Action Research
Fair Trade Rooibos tea
Creating learning and action space in South Africa’s post-apartheid land redistribution program
Community engagement with a postcolonial, African-based relational paradigm
Unscrambling method and methodology in action research traditions
A North-South Convergence on the Quest for Meaning
Crossing Methodological Borders
Reflections on Researcher Identity and Power
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |