Political Agency and Capabilities Formation Through Participatory Action Research
Political Agency and Capabilities Formation Through Participatory Action Research
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通过参与性行动研究形成政治机构和能力
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2018
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M. Walker
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M. Walker
摘要本文借鉴了参与行动研究（PAR）项目作为一个潜在的空间，在南非的一所大学的本科生发展为政治代理人。参与和推理，基于互惠关系，这是一个PAR项目的基本介绍。的贡献的能力的方法和案件的意义的关系能力的声音和参与的客观和道德上的好的建议，然后转向阿伦特作为一个合作伙伴的能力，在她的概念化的言论和行动构成的公共领域，通过参与。有人声称，一个PAR项目可能会建立这样一个公共空间，从而使政治代理人“出现”，这是特别重要的连接PAR的民主行动。本文转向这些想法的可操作性，考虑在南非大学的性别平等PAR项目的经验数据。证据表明，学生研究人员作为政治代理人的形成的可能性，并确定关系和关系嵌入的政治主体性能力，个人和集体的发展和变化的问题。最后，本文认为，PAR项目可以促进能力，推进自由，使主体可以在一个共同的项目中形成，即使该项目是临时的。
Abstract This paper draws on a participatory action research (PAR) project as a potential space for undergraduate students at one South African university to develop as political agents. Participation and reasoning, grounded in reciprocal relationships, which are fundamental in a PAR project are introduced. The contributions of the capability approach and the case for the significance of relational capabilities of voice and participation as both objectively and ethically good is proposed, before turning to Arendt as a partner to capabilities in her conceptualization of speech and action as constituting the public sphere through participation. The claim is made that a PAR project might establish such a public space thereby enabling political agents to “appear”; this is especially important in connecting PAR to democratic actions. The paper turns to the operationalization of these ideas by considering empirical data from a gender equity PAR project at a South African university. The evidence suggests the possibility for the formation of student researchers as political agents and identifies the relational and relationship-embedded political subjectivity capabilities that matter for personal and collective development and change. In conclusion, the paper argues that a PAR project can be capabilities-promoting, advancing freedoms so that subjects can come into being in a common project, even if that project is temporary.