Opening up for Many Voices in Knowledge Construction. Volume 13, No. 1, Art. 1 – January 2012 Opening up for Many Voices in Knowledge Construction Marit Borg, Bengt Karlsson, Hesook Suzie Kim & Brendan McCormack Abstract: The key epistemological assumption in participatory research is the belief that knowledge is embedded in the lives and experiences of individuals and that knowledge is developed only through a cooperative process between researchers and experiencing individuals.
There are various notions about the nature and processes of participation in this type of research. This paper focuses on specific processes that are used for a "genuine" participation by experiencing individuals as research participants. Key words: participatory research; action research; mental health practice; knowledge construction Table of Contents 1. 2. 2.1 The research context and research partners 2.2 The method and its application 2.3 The processes for developing co-research partnerships 2.3.1 The use of informal talk 2.3.3 Valuing uncertainty 3. Interactions - March/April 2012 - Page 58-59.
<div><p><i>ZOIL, available via zoil.codeplex.com. We also thank the German Research Foundation DFG for funding this research project (Grant No. RE 1843/3-1). </i></p><p> </p><p>researchers and practitioners working in the field of interaction design already have access to the kind of technology we employ in our systems and certainly can make more use of it for improving their own work practice. </p><p>However, one of the crucial lessons we learned is that these tools must be designed very carefully, since too much digital functionality may conflict with established work practices and workflows. When we eventually put our systems to the test and compare them with physical practice, we realize that we always have to make compromises—trade-offs between what we aimed to preserve of the material and spatial characteristics and what we had to give up in the favor of using technology to augment these activities with digital power.
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