Traveling Companions: Feminism, Teaching, and Action Research / Edition 1

by Mary Brydon-Miller, Patricia Maguire, Alice McIntyre

Overview

This book explores the ways in which a diverse group of feminist and participatory action researchers experience, create meaning,and respond to the challenges of engaging in collaborative processes of reflection, action, and change.

While headed in similar directions, rarely have feminist researchers and participatory action researchers acknowledged each other as collaborators with mutually important contributions to the jourbaney. Through the work presented in this volume, the contributors hope to influence feminist scholarship to be more participatory and action-oriented, and participatory action research to be more grounded in feminist theories and values.

This book has two distinct yet interrelated and intertwining aims. First, it creates a space for a diverse group of educators, researchers, and scholars to grapple with the multiple and complex issues that are threaded throughout feminist and action research. Second, it seeks to examine how action research and feminist research can complement each other in developing strategies for engaging in collaborative research that is rooted in activism and productive change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275980276
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/30/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

MARY BRYDON-MILLER is Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations and Urban educational Leadership, College of Education, University of Cincinnati.

PATRICIA MAGUIRE is a Professor of Education and Counseling and Chairperson of the Gallup Graduate Studies, Center, Western New Mexico University.

ALICE MCINTYRE is Associate Professor and Director of the elementary Education Program at Hellenic College, Brookline, MA

Table of Contents

Introduction: Mary Brydon-Miller, Patricia Maguire and Alice McIntyre
Section I: Power and the Construction of Knowledge
The Terrifying Truth: Interrogating Systems of Power and Privilege and Choosing to Act. by Mary Brydon-Miller
Understanding Muslim Women's Self-Identity and Resistence to Feminism and Participatory Action Research. by Nimat Barazangi
Testimonio: Bridging Feminism and Participatory Action Research Principles to Create New Space of Collectivity. by Kalina Brabeck
Section II: Issues of Status and Relationships between Communities and the Academy
Weaving Words and Pictures in/through Feminist Participatory Action Research. by Alice McIntyre and M. Brinton Lykes
The Negotiation of Divergent Demands when Community Research is Located in the Academy: The Mother-Adolescent Son Project. by Jill Chrisp
Doormats and Feminists: Who is the "Community" in Action Research. by Susan E. Noffke and Marie Brennan
Section III: Ethical Dimensions and Meanings of Feminist and Participatory Action Research
Stowaway: Teaching Feminist-informed Action Research. by Patricia Maguire
An Examination of Collaborative Research in Light of the APA Code of Ethics and Feminist Ethics. by Angela Shartrand and Mary Brabeck
Feminism and Action Research: Is "Resistance" Possible and, If so, Why is it Necessary? by Davydd Greenwood
Dilemmas of Power: Questions for us All. by Rhoda Unger
Conclusion: A Parting of the Ways…for the time being. by Mary Brydon-Miller, Yoland Wadsworth, and Anmol Satiani