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From margins to center? The development and purpose of participatory research

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This article documents the development of the libratory stream of participatory research as experienced through the activities and connections of one of the key figures in the early development and dissemination of these ideas. It traces the developments in Tanzania in the early 1970s, through the establishment of the original Participatory Research Network to the elaboration of theoretical and political debates. It highlights the formulation and elaboration of participatory research as a contribution to social change in a variety of settings. It includes discussions of the feminist advance, the question of voice and the relationship of power to knowledge in transformative practice. It contains an extensive and historically valuable bibliography.

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Hall, B.L. From margins to center? The development and purpose of participatory research. Am Soc 23, 15–28 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02691928

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