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Participatory Research:

Issues and Methods in Action-Oriented Research

Synopsis of the Symposium on Saturday, February 22nd, 2003

 

Introduction

A message from the organizers on the rationale for this symposium

 

Participatory Research Definitions and Questions

We asked participants to post their own definition of participatory research and any questions they may have on a blackboard.  This is what they said.

 

Defining Participatory Research

What is participatory research?  How is it used in different contexts?  PowerPoint presentation by SCORE members Elizabeth Shapiro and Avery Cohn

 

Ethical Issues in Participatory Research

Keynote Presentation by Dr. Celia B. Fisher ~ Bioethicist in Residence, Yale University and Director of the Fordham University Center for Ethics Education and Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology

 

Issues in and Critiques of Participatory Research

Panel Discussion featuring:

§         Dr. William Burch ~ Fredrick C. Hixon Professor of Natural Resource Management and Professor at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

§         Dr. Carol Carpenter ~ Lecturer in the Natural Resource Social Science and Lecturer in Anthropology, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

·         Marilyn Hoskins ~ Former Senior Forestry Officer, Community Forestry Unit, Food and Agriculture Organization

§         Cassandra Ritas ~ Policy Analyst, Harlem Urban Research Center (URC)

 

 

Break-Out Sessions

The four breakout sessions were an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present their experiences and for participants to discuss particular aspects of participatory research in greater depth. 

 

Gender as a Factor in Participation

·         Annie Harper ~ Anthropologist and International Consultant in Microfinance and Gender Issues

·         Rajyashree Narayanareddy ~ Candidate MESc, Yale F&ES

 

Participatory Research in Public Health and Environmental Justice

§         Dr. Jane Karpe Dixon ~ Professor, Doctoral Program of the Yale University School of Nursing in the Office of Research and Policy

§         Sarah Vogel ~ Candidate MEM, Yale F&ES and Researcher, New Hall Environmental Health Study, New Haven

§         Justin Ruben ~ Former Organizer and Researcher, Pesticide Watch, San Joaquin Valley, CA

 

Participatory Research and Monitoring in International Development

§         Nathaniel Delafield ~ Lecturer on Property Rights and Environmental Change, Yale F&ES and Program Director, Yale Tropical Resources Institute

§         Joseph Hellweg ~ NIMH Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University

§         Andres Luque ~ Formerly of the Colombian Ministry of the Environment,  MEM Candidate, Yale F&ES

§         Alejandro Mendo Gutierrez ~ Coordinator of the Master's Program on Social Management of the Habitat, Habitat and Urban Development Department, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Guadalajara, Mexico

§         Dr. Guadalupe Rodríguez Gómez ~ Professor-Researcher, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, CIESAS, Mexico and Visiting Research Fellow, Program in Agrarian Studies, Yale University.

 

Participatory Research in Environmental Education

·         Nicole Ardoin ~ Ph.D. Student, Social Ecology, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

·         Lianne Fisman ~ Environmental Education Coordinator, Yale/Urban Resources Initiative, New Haven, CT

·         Anne Harper ~ Executive Director, SoundWaters Environmental Education Center, Stamford, CT

·         Heather Langford ~ Education Program Director, Urban Ecology Institute, Boston, MA

·         Kirsten Schwarz ~ Baltimore Ecosystem Study and the River Savanna Boundaries Program

·         Joanne Sciulli ~ Executive Director, Solar Youth, Inc., New Haven, CT

 

Annotated Bibliography

 

Presenter Bios

 

Social and Community Oriented Research on the Environment (SCORE) is a student interest group at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.   SCORE works to integrate theory and practice of environmentally related field research through convening skills building workshops, hosting information sharing sessions, and facilitating student-to-student training.

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