PRACTICING WHAT WE PREACH: THE POSSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH WITH FAITH‐BASED ORGANIZATIONS
PRACTICING WHAT WE PREACH: THE POSSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH WITH FAITH‐BASED ORGANIZATIONS
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实践我们所宣扬的：与基于信仰的组织进行参与性行动研究的可能性
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10.1111/j.1556-4797.2010.01045.x
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2010
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Katherine Lambert
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Katherine Lambert
本文探讨了人类学家作为基于信仰的发展倡议的实践者的角色和方法。作者特别讨论了尝试使用参与行动研究（PAR）模型来检查圣安德鲁非洲卫理公会（AME）教堂当前的计划、会众参与和未来的社区发展活动。本文探讨了 FBO 的传统社区发展模式如何与大学研究团队的参与式方法相结合，并塑造了研究的开展方式。此外，作者还讨论了她作为一名人类学家的不同方式和她的方法的定位以及协商双方可接受的方法的过程。这种 FBO 与大学的合作关系揭示了与从事 FBO 及其他领域工作的人类学家相关的几个关键问题。首先，基于信仰的社区发展模式塑造了工作的可能性。其次，它显示了人类学家和更广泛的大学合作伙伴如何被组织定位，告知数据如何以及由谁收集，收集哪些数据以及如何使用数据。最后，人类学家不再有单独工作的空间了；社区问题和机构需求很复杂，需要跨学科的协作响应。
This article examines the role and methodologies of the anthropologist as practitioner working in faith-based development initiatives. In particular, the author discusses attempts to use a participatory action research (PAR) model to examine the current programs, congregational participation, and future community development activities of Saint Andrew African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. The article examines how the FBO's traditional model of community development interfaced with the university research team's participatory approach and shaped the way that research was carried out. Additionally, the author discusses the varying ways that she, as an anthropologist, and her methods were positioned and the process of negotiating a mutually acceptable methodology. This FBO-university partnership revealed several key issues that have relevance for anthropologists engaged in work with FBOs and beyond. First, the model of faith-based community development shapes the possibilities of the work. Second, it shows how the anthropologist, and university partners more generally, are positioned by the organization, informs how and by whom the data is collected, what data is collected, and how it is used. Finally, there is no longer room for anthropologists to work alone; community issues and agency demands are complex and require interdisciplinary collaborative responses.