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Rethinking Participatory Research in the Pandemic Era

Panelists: Alex A. Frediani, University College London, and Melanie Walker, University of the Free State

In these times of the pandemic, for us as academics, researchers and practitioners who are carrying out our work using participatory approaches, the lockdowns, restrictions on travel, connectivity problems, and the declining availability of stakeholders has serious implications for the quality and the validity of the participatory inquiries and outcomes of our projects.

Through this discussion, we wish to create a collective learning space to come out with options and alternatives that could be adopted to stay true to the principles and processes of participatory research in the pandemic era. What are the frameworks within the capability approach that enable us to understand the present crisis through participatory research? What have been the lived experiences of the researchers in taking forward their participatory work? Is there scope for methodological negotiations and alternatives that could be recommended for participatory researchers to be able to do justice to their research agenda and objectives?

HDCA Webinar Participatory Methods HDCA Videos
122 minutes

Plenary 1: “A story about the time we had a global pandemic and how it affected my life and work as a critical Indigenous scholar”

Keynote Speaker: Linda Smith Waikato University

Discussants:
Kerry Taylor Head, School of Humanities, Massey University
Apirana Pewhairangi Cultural Advisor, 2020HDCA Maori Advisory Group, Massey University
Cynthia White Pro Vice Chancellor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University
Ingrid Robeyns Political philosopher/Chair ethics of institutions, Utrecht University

HDCA Conference 2020 HDCA Videos
73 minutes

Exploring COVID from an Indigenous People perspective

Covid 19 has highlighted inequalities that have led to drastically different outcomes for different demographics. Some will be able to work from home, others will need to remain at work and clearly at a higher risk. In the black men have been found to be several times more likely to die from the illness than their white counterparts. Across the world the impact of the illness will play into existing inequalities.
In the midst of the crisis, some of the largest protests seen in the US in half a century have flared up over police violence towards black citizens. Many consider this a potential moment for change towards more just structures.
Demands for a more just environment have been called of, and a reconstruction of social systems which many argue reproduces injustice. This discussion asks how we can understand this through a capabilities lens. The panellists are all thinkers who have used the capability approach extensively.
Information on panelists can be downloaded as a pdf file

HDCA Webinar 2020 Indigenous Peoples HDCA Videos
90 minutes
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