Penn State

Consortium forSocial Movements and Education
Research and Practice

Participatory Research for a Radical Community Development

Participatory Research for a Radical Community Development

Derek Mulenga
1994
1994

Abstract

Critically examines community development assumptions through historical analysis and mapping of political discourse. Using the methods of Foucault, Said, and Gramsci, demonstrates how participatory research, concerned with releasing people's knowledge through transformation, can expose and resist dominant discourses.

Abstract

Critically examines community development assumptions through historical analysis and mapping of political discourse. Using the methods of Foucault, Said, and Gramsci, demonstrates how participatory research, concerned with releasing people's knowledge through transformation, can expose and resist dominant discourses.

Social Movements

Keywords

Community Organizing, Knowledge Production, Popular Education

Theme

Popular Education; Adult Education; and Social Movement Learning