Hi Christine,
What I left out of the last message is thanks for referring to action research as a movement. It cleared some things up for me.
Michael
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From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of Michael Glassman
Sent: Sun 9/25/2011 11:35 AM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: RE: [xmca] ISCAR (review)
Hi Christine,
I think we have to think about what Action Research is as a movement. I have been struggling with it, but I think that is the right word. I went back and read the articles that introduced action research and I was surprised that I had been mostly wrong about my conceptions of it. I always thought of it as starting in academia and a description of a method, where action acts as a modifier for research. Actually, from my recent reading its quite different and a really extraordinary idea. The term action research is actually a sequence rather than a description. It was initiated by social action organizations who wanted to really understand how to create progress in their organizations. The action research suggests that social organizations attempt to achieve progress in a community (ending prejudice, creating greater unity within the community, creating more democratic problem solving) and then they engage in research on what they are doing and how it can achieve greater human progress. It was really originally about the integration of social action and research.
Michael
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From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of christine schweighart
Sent: Sun 9/25/2011 2:58 AM
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
Subject: RE: [xmca] ISCAR (review)
Dear Michael,
I should add that I don't think 'Action-Research' as a movement reaches out to go beyond fragments of CHAT - rather it has been extension of work from within CHAT reaching out that has reached that 'home', and not a deep looking in to try to find core values and ideas. It's surprised me to find so much - and also undertand differences and how this flourishes in distinctions in the dialogue of xmca. Perhaps becoming aware currently forming distinctions by following dialogue created in this medium and it's reference to journals and other works does make an important bridge. It's also possible that 'Action-Research' isn't as strongly aware of its own historical development, or that this is markedly different in various regions .
Christine.
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