Participatory Action Research (PAR): Participatory Theatre and Walking Methods' Potential for Co-producing knowledge

这个关于研究方法的项目解决了英国社会科学界需要更好地了解参与性行动研究方法如何让处于边缘地位的群体作为知识的共同生产者参与研究的问题。它将步行方式和参与式剧院结合在一起，创造了一个探索、分享和记录归属感和地点制作过程的空间，这些过程对理解和颁布公民身份至关重要。参与性行动研究基于包容、重视所有声音和注重行动的干预措施的原则，使边缘化群体能够参与研究，将其作为一种公民实践。通过这样做，该项目满足了NCRM方法倡议的目标和社会科学研究人员表现出的兴趣，即解决与难以接触到社区的研究相关的方法问题。它也回应了ESRC的主题优先事项“影响行为”和“充满活力和公平的社会”。该项目具有原创性，创建了一种模式，将从业者和边缘化群体聚集在一起，通过创造性的方法相互接触，并通过开发工具包来培训社会研究人员活生生的故事和戏剧，进行了创新。该项目通过以下三个方面发展了参与式戏剧和步行方法的方法和方法知识：(I)与移民父母和年轻人进行代际交流的参与式方法；(Ii)通过参与式方法与没有公共资金的家庭共同制作作品，并与政策实践对话；(Iii)在此基础上，利用参与式戏剧和与边缘化社区的步行方法，为社会科学研究人员开发培训工具。这项基于艺术的参与性研究将与戏剧从业者、对手点艺术和Runnymede信托基金合作和协商进行。三个核心部分结合起来实现这些目标：第一部分：生成研究数据--探索参与性方法的潜力，以生成新的方法数据集和对移民家庭代际关系的洞察。它结合了3个行走的故事课程，以产生视觉数据，将在以下8个参与性戏剧课程中启动戏剧场景：外来务工父母和年轻人。一个为期一天的学习实验室与对等点艺术合作，帮助制作关于这些方法的价值的数字资源，用于边缘群体的研究。第二部分：与政策的联合制作--实践--侧重于参与式剧场和走动故事的潜力和陷阱，使政策实践和边缘化参与者参与共同制作关于国家移民方案的具体政策问题的知识的方法，这是一项限制移徙者参与社会的政策。受NRPF影响的家庭将参与行走的故事和参与式戏剧，特别是“立法戏剧”的技术。我们将与Runnymede Trust合作，制作关于这些方法对政策实践的价值的多媒体简报。第三部分：对步行故事和参与式剧院研究人员的培训-第一部分和第二部分开发的资源和材料将用于开发培训社会科学研究人员的工具包和课程，使更广泛的社会科学研究界受益。培训和能力建设是该项目不可或缺的组成部分。这些产出将在项目持续时间之后留下遗产。此外，为了通过上述项目提供培训，该小组将通过NCRM的活动方案和研究方法节提供培训讲习班/课程，项目网站将为社会研究人员和从业人员以及从事边缘化群体工作的政策制定者提供多媒体培训和简报材料。

This project on research methods addresses the UK social science community's need to gain a better understanding of how participatory action research approaches engage marginalised groups in research as co-producers of knowledge. It combines walking methods and participatory theatre to create a space for exploring, sharing and documenting processes of belonging and place making that are crucial to understanding and enacting citizenship. Participatory Action Research, based on the principles of inclusion, valuing all voices and action-oriented interventions allows for engaging marginalized groups into research as a citizenship practice. By doing so the project meets the aims of NCRM's methodological initiative and the interest shown by social science researchers to address the methodological problems associated with researching hard to reach communities. It also responds to the ESRC's thematic priorities 'Influencing Behaviour' and 'A Vibrant and Fair Society'. The project is original by creating a model for bringing together practitioners and marginalized groups to engage with each other through creative methods and innovates by developing a toolkit for training social researchers in walking stories and theatre. The project develops methods and methodological knowledge of participatory theatre and walking methods through three well integrated strands of (i) participatory methods with migrant parents' and young people on intergenerational communication (ii) co-production through participatory methods with families with no recourse to public funds in conversation with policy-practice; and, (iii) building upon this, developing training tools for social science researchers using participatory theatre and walking methods with marginalised communities. This participatory arts based research will be undertaken in collaboration and consultation with a theatre practitioner, Counterpoints Arts and the Runnymede Trust. Three core strands combine to achieve these aims:Strand 1: Generating Research Data - explores the potential of participatory methods for generating new methodological datasets and insights into migrant families' intergenerational relations. It combines 3 walking story sessions, to produce visual data which will initiate the theatre scenes in the following 8 participatory theatre sessions with two groups: migrant parents and young people. A day-long Learning Lab in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts helps to produce digital resources on the value of these methods for research with marginalized groups. Strand 2: Co-production Engagement with Policy-Practice - focuses on potential and pitfalls of the participatory theatre and walking stories methods for engaging policy-practice and marginalized participants in the co-production of knowledge around the specific policy issue of NRPF, a policy restricting migrants' participation in society. Families affected by NRPF will participate in the walking stories and participatory theatre, particularly the technique of 'legislative theatre'. In collaboration with Runnymede Trust we will produce a multimedia briefing pack on the value of these methods to policy-practice.Strand 3: Training for Researchers in Walking Stories and Participatory Theatre - The resources and materials developed in strand 1 and 2 will be used to develop a toolkit and courses for training social science researchers, benefitting the wider social science research community. Training and capacity building is integral to the project. The outputs will leave a legacy beyond the duration of the project. In addition, to delivering training through the project strands above, the team will contribute training workshops/sessions through NCRM's programme of events and the Research Methods Festival, the project website will give access to multimedia training and briefing materials for social researchers and practitioners and policy makers working with marginalized groups.