Unpacking Community Participation in Research: A Systematic Literature Review of Community-based and Participatory Research in Alaska
Although concepts of “community” and “participation” have been heavily critiqued in the social sciences, they remain uncritically applied across disciplines, leading to problems that undermine both research and practice. Nevertheless, these approaches are advocated for, especially in Indigenous cont...
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crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic71080 2024-06-09T07:42:13+00:00 Unpacking Community Participation in Research: A Systematic Literature Review of Community-based and Participatory Research in Alaska Mosurska, Anuszka Ford, James D. 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic71080 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/71080/54334 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/71080/54353 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ARCTIC volume 73, issue 3, page 347-367 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 2020 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic71080 2024-05-14T12:53:43Z Although concepts of “community” and “participation” have been heavily critiqued in the social sciences, they remain uncritically applied across disciplines, leading to problems that undermine both research and practice. Nevertheless, these approaches are advocated for, especially in Indigenous contexts. To assess the use of these concepts, we conducted a systematic literature review of community-based and participatory research in Alaska, USA, where social change has been rapid, having ramifications for social organization, and where participatory and community-based approaches are heavily advocated for by Alaska Native organizations. Conceptualizations of community and participation were extracted and analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The majority of articles showed a lack of critical consideration around both terms, although this was especially the case in reporting around community. While this lack of critical consideration could lead to issues of local elite co-opting research, an alternative interpretation is that Western sociological literature surrounding community is not transferable to Indigenous contexts. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska Arctic Institute of North America ARCTIC 73 3 347 367 |
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Although concepts of “community” and “participation” have been heavily critiqued in the social sciences, they remain uncritically applied across disciplines, leading to problems that undermine both research and practice. Nevertheless, these approaches are advocated for, especially in Indigenous contexts. To assess the use of these concepts, we conducted a systematic literature review of community-based and participatory research in Alaska, USA, where social change has been rapid, having ramifications for social organization, and where participatory and community-based approaches are heavily advocated for by Alaska Native organizations. Conceptualizations of community and participation were extracted and analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The majority of articles showed a lack of critical consideration around both terms, although this was especially the case in reporting around community. While this lack of critical consideration could lead to issues of local elite co-opting research, an alternative interpretation is that Western sociological literature surrounding community is not transferable to Indigenous contexts. |
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Unpacking Community Participation in Research: A Systematic Literature Review of Community-based and Participatory Research in Alaska |
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Unpacking Community Participation in Research: A Systematic Literature Review of Community-based and Participatory Research in Alaska |
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Unpacking Community Participation in Research: A Systematic Literature Review of Community-based and Participatory Research in Alaska |
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