Community Research for Community Development

269 Pages·2013·1.267 MB·English

by  Marjorie Mayo, Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek, Carol Packham (eds.)

Community Research for Community Development
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Community Research for
Community Development
Editedby
Marjorie Mayo
Goldsmiths,UniversityofLondon,UK
Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek
UniversityofLincoln,UK
and
Carol Packham
ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity,UK
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To the memory of Jenny Harris, inspirational theatre maker
and dynamic community activist, who sadly died before the
chapter that she planned to co-author with Chrissie Tiller was
finished; and to all those who are promoting community
research and community development for social justice in
Britain and beyond
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Contents
ListofFiguresandTables ix
Acknowledgements x
NotesonContributors xi
Part I PromotingActiveCitizenship:Learningfrom
ExperiencesandThirdSectorEvaluation
1 CommunityDevelopment,CommunityOrganisingand
ThirdSector–UniversityResearchPartnerships 3
MarjorieMayo,ZoraidaMendiwelso-Bendek
andCarolPackham
2 HowInclusiveandHowEmpowering?TwoCaseStudies
ResearchingtheImpactofActiveCitizenshipLearning
InitiativesinaSocialPolicyContext 19
GabiRecknagelwithDaniellaHolland
Part II ThirdSectorResearchandthePromotion
ofSocialInclusionandSolidarity
3 ImpactMeasurementorAgenda-Setting? 43
HannahJones,VaughanJonesandJuanCamiloCock
4 ResearchwithRefugeeandAsylumSeekerOrganisations:
ChallengesofInsiderActionResearch 65
GreenNyoni
5 ResearchingEmpowermentinPractice:Workingwitha
Women’sRefugeeandAsylumGroup 78
HannahBerry
6 MeasurementasReflectioninFaith-BasedSocialAction 92
AdamDinham
7 CommunityLearningApproachestoSolidaritybetween
theGenerations:ResearchEvidenceandEvaluationTools
forImpact 111
JaneWatts
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viii Contents
Part III EvaluatingtheRoleandContributions
ofCommunityArts,MediaandSports
8 ParticipatoryArtsandCommunityDevelopment:
TakingPart 133
ChrissieTiller
9 Contradiction,CollaborationandCriticality:Researching
EmpowermentandCitizenshipinCommunity-BasedArts 150
AlisonRooke
10 SportsVolunteeringandCommunityEngagement 170
RobinWright,ZoraidaMendiwelso-BendekandRebeccaHerron
Part IV StrengtheningtheThirdSector’s
IndependentVoice:AddressingChallengesand
IdentifyingWaysofStrengtheningMutualSupport
andSustainability
11 CollaborationandMutualSupportintheThirdSector 197
HannahJones
12 ‘Resilience’andSmallVoluntaryandCommunity
SectorGroups 219
CarolPackham
Conclusions:FuturesforCommunity–UniversityResearch
PartnershipsinChallengingTimes? 235
MarjorieMayo,ZoraidaMendiwelso-BendekandCarolPackham
Index 247
Figures and Tables
Figures
2.1 Activecitizenship 29
3.1 Impactwheel 56
Tables
2.1 Activecitizenshipempowerment:examplesoflearning
programmes 34
11.1 Elementsofsocialcapitalasinputsandoutputsof
hostingrelationships 201
11.2 Spectrumofhostingrelationships 202
11.3 Benefitsandchallengesofresearchpartnerships
betweenuniversitiesandcommunities 217
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