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, theyremain uncritically applied across disciplines, leading to problems that undermine both research and practice. Nevertheless, these approaches are advocated for, especially in Indigenous conte...

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Main Authors: Mosurska, Anuszka, Ford, James D.
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Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2020
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/71080 2023-05-15T14:18:48+02:00 Unpacking Community Participation in Research: A Systematic Literature Review of Community-based and Participatory Research in Alaska Mosurska, Anuszka Ford, James D. 2020-09-28 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/71080 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/71080/54334 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/71080/54353 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/71080 Copyright (c) 2020 ARCTIC ARCTIC; Vol. 73 No. 3 (2020): September: 278-404; 347-367 1923-1245 0004-0843 community participation research politics collaboration systematic literature review inequality Indigeneity sociology Alaska communauté politique de la recherche dépouillement systématique de la documentation inégalité indigénéité sociologie info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2020 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:24:32Z Although concepts of “community” and “participation” have been heavily critiqued in the social sciences, theyremain 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 surroundingcommunity is not transferable to Indigenous contexts. Bien que les concepts de « communauté » et de « participation » soient vivement critiqués dans le domaine dessciences sociales, ils continuent d’être employés sans réserve dans les diverses disciplines, ce qui engendre des problèmes minant la recherche et la pratique. Néanmoins, ces approches sont préconisées, surtout dans les contextes autochtones. Afin d’évaluer l’utilisation de ces concepts, nous avons réalisé un dépouillement systématique de la documentation émanant de la recherche communautaire et de la recherche participative en Alaska, aux États-Unis, là où le changement social s’exerce rapidement, où il y a des répercussions sur l’organisation sociale, et où les approches participatives et communautaires sont fortement préconisées par les organisations autochtones de l’Alaska. Des conceptualisations de la communauté et de la participation ont été extraites et analysées, tant du point de vue quantitatif que qualitatif. Dans la majorité des articles, il y avait un manque critique de considération entourant ces deux termes, même si c’était encore plus le cas pour la communauté. Bien que ce manque de considération critique puisse engendrer des problèmes de recherche de cooptation avec l’élite locale, une autre interprétation veut que la documentation sociologique occidentale en matière de communauté ne soit pas transférableaux contextes autochtones. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting ARCTIC 73 3 347 367
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topic community
participation
research politics
collaboration
systematic literature review
inequality
Indigeneity
sociology
Alaska
communauté
politique de la recherche
dépouillement systématique de la documentation
inégalité
indigénéité
sociologie
spellingShingle community
participation
research politics
collaboration
systematic literature review
inequality
Indigeneity
sociology
Alaska
communauté
politique de la recherche
dépouillement systématique de la documentation
inégalité
indigénéité
sociologie
Mosurska, Anuszka
Ford, James D.
Unpacking Community Participation in Research: A Systematic Literature Review of Community-based and Participatory Research in Alaska
topic_facet community
participation
research politics
collaboration
systematic literature review
inequality
Indigeneity
sociology
Alaska
communauté
politique de la recherche
dépouillement systématique de la documentation
inégalité
indigénéité
sociologie
description Although concepts of “community” and “participation” have been heavily critiqued in the social sciences, theyremain 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 surroundingcommunity is not transferable to Indigenous contexts. Bien que les concepts de « communauté » et de « participation » soient vivement critiqués dans le domaine dessciences sociales, ils continuent d’être employés sans réserve dans les diverses disciplines, ce qui engendre des problèmes minant la recherche et la pratique. Néanmoins, ces approches sont préconisées, surtout dans les contextes autochtones. Afin d’évaluer l’utilisation de ces concepts, nous avons réalisé un dépouillement systématique de la documentation émanant de la recherche communautaire et de la recherche participative en Alaska, aux États-Unis, là où le changement social s’exerce rapidement, où il y a des répercussions sur l’organisation sociale, et où les approches participatives et communautaires sont fortement préconisées par les organisations autochtones de l’Alaska. Des conceptualisations de la communauté et de la participation ont été extraites et analysées, tant du point de vue quantitatif que qualitatif. Dans la majorité des articles, il y avait un manque critique de considération entourant ces deux termes, même si c’était encore plus le cas pour la communauté. Bien que ce manque de considération critique puisse engendrer des problèmes de recherche de cooptation avec l’élite locale, une autre interprétation veut que la documentation sociologique occidentale en matière de communauté ne soit pas transférableaux contextes autochtones.
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title Unpacking Community Participation in Research: A Systematic Literature Review of Community-based and Participatory Research in Alaska
title_short Unpacking Community Participation in Research: A Systematic Literature Review of Community-based and Participatory Research in Alaska
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