Participatory Action Research as a Resource for Community Regeneration in Post-conflict Contexts

Abstract

This chapter argues that critical participatory and action research in intersection with antiracist and anticolonial feminist theory and practice offer methodological resources through which 'outsiders' and 'insiders' can generate collaborative processes through which to document, analyze, respond to, and potentially transform some of the multiple causes and consequences of organized violence and armed conflict. This approach is presented in dialogue with more traditional transitional justice mechanisms that address the aftermath of conflict, including, for example, truth commissions, trials, and reparations processes that have been operational in the service of peacemaking and peace building. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)\r