Participatory action research: The distress of (not) making a difference
Participatory action research: The distress of (not) making a difference
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DOI：
10.1016/j.emospa.2015.06.006
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发表时间：
2015-11-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Klocker, Natascha
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作者：
Klocker, Natascha
对研究创伤性和敏感性主题的研究人员来说，参与性行动研究（PAR）是很有吸引力的。虽然受访者讲述这些故事令人痛苦--研究人员也听到了这些故事--但PAR承诺让痛苦变得值得。在本文中，我反思了与坦桑尼亚儿童家庭佣工进行的PAR项目。研究小插曲是用来突出的时刻，情绪的复杂性独特的PAR项目。首先，PAR的情绪负担分布在整个研究团队中。研究人员需要仔细考虑适当的参与“水平”。第二，不能保证PAR项目的影响将是明确的积极的。弊大于利的风险可能会沉重地压在研究团队的心头。第三，当PAR项目的构想是为了产生长期的结构性变化，使边缘化的人受益，“失败”可能成为巨大的痛苦之源。那些尝试PAR的人需要为寻求切实干预创伤患者生活的研究工作的情感陷阱做好准备。(C)2015爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Participatory action research (PAR) is alluring for researchers investigating traumatic and sensitive topics. While it is distressing for interviewees to recount these stories - and for researchers to hear them - PAR promises to make the pain worthwhile. Something good will come of it. In this paper, I reflect on a PAR project conducted with Tanzanian child domestic workers. Research vignettes are used to highlight moments of emotional complexity unique to PAR projects. First, the emotional burdens of PAR are distributed across a research team. Researchers need to think carefully about the appropriate 'level' of participation to pursue. Second, there is no guarantee that the impacts of PAR projects will be unambiguously positive. The risk of doing more harm than good can weigh heavily on the minds of the research team. Third, when PAR projects are conceived with the intent of producing long-lasting structural changes that benefit marginalised people, 'failure' can become a source of great distress. Those attempting PAR need to be prepared for the emotional pitfalls of research endeavours that seek to tangibly intervene in traumatised people's lives. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.