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Community-based Research with Vulnerable Populations

Ethical, Inclusive and Sustainable Frameworks for Knowledge Generation

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Editors:
  1. Lesley Wood

    1. COMBER, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

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  • Offers a comprehensive introduction to community-based research with vulnerable populations
  • Provides theoretical frameworks and practical examples of how CBR can be operationalized
  • Proposes guidelines for university policy and practice to generate knowledge for social change

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods (PSERM)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Developing and Sustaining Community–University Research Partnerships: Reflecting on Relationship Building

      • Heloise Sathorar, Deidre Geduld
      Pages 87-103

    3. Community-Based Research to Enhance Holistic Well-being in School Contexts

      • Ansie Elizabeth Kitching, Robert Tubb Carstens
      Pages 105-119

    4. Developing Relationships for Community-Based Research at Rhodes University: Values, Principles and Challenges

      • Diana Hornby, Savathrie Maistry
      Pages 121-138

    5. A Community-Based Approach to Engaging Older Adults in the Promotion of Their Health and Well-Being Through Social Dance

      • Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain, Amanda Clifford
      Pages 139-153

    6. Community-Based Research and Higher Education for Peace: A Case Study in Colombia

      • Doris Santos
      Pages 155-167

    7. An Appreciative Inquiry Approach to Community-Based Research for Development of a Social Enterprise

      • Karen Venter, Alfi Moolman
      Pages 169-186

    8. ‘University Mtaani’: A Case Study of Service Learning and Civic Engagement for Social Transformation in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements

      • Mercy Nkatha, Jonas Yawovi Dzinekkou
      Pages 187-203

    9. The Importance of Access, Time and Space: Developing the Collective Change Facilitator Role as Part of a Multipartner Research Programme

      • Sara Branch, Kate Freiberg, Ross Homel, Charmaine Stubbs
      Pages 205-219

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 293-307
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About this book

This book advocates for community-based research with vulnerable populations within the field of higher education. The chapters outline how research can democratize knowledge generation to make it more accessible and socially relevant, and emphasizes the value of the lived and experiential knowledge of vulnerable and marginalized populations. Rooted in a critique of the current practices of higher education that fail to support participatory and transformative research, the research is structured at micro, macro and meso levels to ultimately emancipate colonized thinking of stakeholders about power, privilege and participation. Focusing primarily on various contexts within the Global South, the contributors argue that the time is ripe for community-based research which combines the theoretical knowledge of the academy with the local, experiential knowledge of those experiencing the consequences of social inequality to co-construct knowledge for change.


Editors and Affiliations

  • COMBER, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

    Lesley Wood

About the editor

Lesley Wood is Director of Community-Based Educational Research at North-West University, South Africa. A National Research Foundation rated researcher, she has published over 100 articles, books and chapters in the field of action research for lifelong learning and development.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Community-based Research with Vulnerable Populations

  • Book Subtitle: Ethical, Inclusive and Sustainable Frameworks for Knowledge Generation

  • Editors: Lesley Wood

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86402-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86401-9Published: 18 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86404-0Published: 19 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-86402-6Published: 01 January 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2662-7345

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-7353

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 307

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Research Methods in Education, Education, general, Sociology of Education

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