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SUMMARY:The Political Use of Research in Studying Elites: Participatory Ac
 tion Research - Adam Howard\, Director and Associate Professor of Educatio
 n
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DTEND:20141021T180000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Waterman
DESCRIPTION:Researchers who study privileged individuals and elite institu
 tions are increasingly using collaborative approaches to gather informatio
 n that is difficult to acquire. They are engaging in participatory action 
 research (PAR) to study with elites within institutions structured to repr
 oduce their elite status. Although no two PAR projects are alike\, a commo
 n understanding is that PAR is a collaborative approach founded on version
 s of justice and working towards transformation\; it is a political use of
  research by participants to bring about social and individual change. Enc
 ouraged by the potential of this collaborative approach\, I teamed up with
  twenty-three wealthy young adults to co-lead a research effort to explore
  the role of self-understandings in generating and reinforcing elite statu
 s. Some underlying tenets informed our inquiry: a collective commitment to
  explore an issue\; a desire to engage in self- and collective reflection\
 ; a joint decision to engage in action\; and the building of alliances in 
 the planning\, implementation\, and dissemination of research. Drawing on 
 this research\, this seminar focuses on ways that collaborative and partic
 ipatory research approaches provide an epistemology that enables researche
 rs and those within elite educational contexts to challenge injustices\, a
 nd contest\, reframe and transform privilege. This seminar explores both t
 he limitations and possibilities for engaging in such political work throu
 gh research
LOCATION:2S7 \, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8P
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