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Participation and power in action research and participatory research This anthology is an invitation to participate in ongoing dialogues on action research and par- ticipatory research in organizations. The contributions describe different projects in various part of the world where people in or- ganizations cooperate with researchers in order to create improvements for the organizations and there members as well as improved theoretical understanding. All the chapters in the an- thology focus on the relation between participation and power. Participation is understood as various degrees of codetermination. The underlying questions are: 1. What are the possibilities and barriers of participation in organizations for organizational members? Is it possible as a researcher to contribute to the degree of codetermination that pe- ople in organizations want if these represent conflicting interests? What does it mean when re- searchers present action research and participatory research as democratic endeavours? 2. What are the possibilities and barriers of participation in research processes for organizational members and researchers? Who decides what the best possible interpretation is? And is it possible to reach joint solutions and interpretations across many different and conflicting views? Do re- searchers and organizational partners need to accept that there are a multitude of “truths”? You will find reflections on various understandings of the relation between participation and power by Marianne Kristiansen and Jørgen Bloch-Poulsen (chapt. 1); on participatory budgeting in Brazil by Danilo Streck (chapt. 2) and by Telmo Adams, Fernanda Carvalho Ferreira, Joana Frank and Marina da Rocha (chapt. 3); on the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) in educational institutions in rural Bangladesh by Md. Saifuddin Khalid and Tom Nyvang (chapt. 4); on projects in Denmark in a public nursing home, a community center and with sustainable housing by John Andersen, Annette Bilfeldt, and Michael Søgaard Jørgen- sen (chap. 5); on projects in Denmark with families with multiple problems in a psychiatric ward by Birgitte Ravn Olesen (chap. 6); on a project in a Danish health care centre by Susanne Broeng and Søren Frimann (chapt. 7); on a Scandinavian leadership programme by Ann Starbæk Bager (chapt. 8); and in a Danish teambased knowledge organization by Lone Grøndahl Dalgaard, Lone Varn Johannsen, Marianne Kristiansen, and Jørgen Bloch-Poulsen (chap. 9). The book is funded by Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Department of Learning and Philosophy. Layout and cover: Anne Houe. Aalborg University Press, 2014. Future readers can download the book for free here: http://aauforlag.dk/Shop/forside-e-boeger/participation-and-power.aspx.
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Participation and power in action research and participatory researchThis anthology is an invitation to participate in ongoing dialogues on action research and par-ticipatory research in organizations.The contributions describe different projects in various part of the world where people in or-
ganizations cooperate with researchers in order to create improvements for the organizationsand there members as well as improved theoretical understanding. All the chapters in the an-thology focus on the relation between participation and power. Participation is understood asvarious degrees of codetermination.
The underlying questions are:
1. What are the possibilities and barriers of participation in organizations for organizationalmembers? Is it possible as a researcher to contribute to the degree of codetermination that pe-ople in organizations want if these represent conflicting interests? What does it mean when re-searchers present action research and participatory research as democratic endeavours?2. What are the possibilities and barriers of participation in research processes for organizationalmembers and researchers? Who decides what the best possible interpretation is? And is it possibleto reach joint solutions and interpretations across many different and conflicting views? Do re-searchers and organizational partners need to accept that there are a multitude of “truths”?
You will find reflections on various understandings of the relation between participation andpower by Marianne Kristiansen and Jørgen Bloch-Poulsen (chapt. 1); on participatory budgetingin Brazil by Danilo Streck (chapt. 2) and by Telmo Adams, Fernanda Carvalho Ferreira, JoanaFrank and Marina da Rocha (chapt. 3); on the introduction of information and communicationtechnology (ICT) in educational institutions in rural Bangladesh by Md. Saifuddin Khalid andTom Nyvang (chapt. 4); on projects in Denmark in a public nursing home, a community centerand with sustainable housing by John Andersen, Annette Bilfeldt, and Michael Søgaard Jørgen-sen (chap. 5); on projects in Denmark with families with multiple problems in a psychiatric wardby Birgitte Ravn Olesen (chap. 6); on a project in a Danish health care centre by Susanne Broengand Søren Frimann (chapt. 7); on a Scandinavian leadership programme by Ann Starbæk Bager(chapt. 8); and in a Danish teambased knowledge organization by Lone Grøndahl Dalgaard,Lone Varn Johannsen, Marianne Kristiansen, and Jørgen Bloch-Poulsen (chap. 9).
The book is funded by Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Department of Learning and Philosophy.Layout and cover: Anne Houe.Aalborg University Press, 2014.
Future readers can download the book for free here:http://aauforlag.dk/Shop/forside-e-boeger/participation-and-power.aspx.
