Community-based participatory research

Crowdsourced Documentation New media art with its intrinsic characteristics (instability and variability)[1] poses complex challenges in documentation, this observation is not new, and initiatives such as the DOCAM [2] (Documentation and Conservation of Media Arts Heritage) and Variable Media Network[3] have provided methods and tools to properly document media artworks. Nevertheless, the social phenomena of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding, presents new challenges for the established documentation

Historically, research with vulnerable groups experiencing health inequities has been problematic (Quinlan, 2009; Smith, 2012). The imposition of research agendas and failure to engage research participants at the very onset of a research project can yield findings that are incomplete and misrepresent the knowledge and resources of those being researched (Wilson & Neville, 2009). For example, throughout the world Indigenous groups have been researched to their detriment, often with little or no representation

I have three children and two of them are already considered to be obese based on their height and weight for their age. My son, who is the eldest of the three, has had to have blood work done to check his cholesterol levels and other tests to rule out possible risks for cardiovascular disease. I was also referred to a nutritionist/dietitian

scholars to describe shifts that were caused by the rise of Internet and which are relevant in order to understand the present topic will be discussed. In the following, the concept of the working consumer, prosumption, user-generated content, participatory culture and electronic word-of-mouth will be explained in accordance with the academic literature. As stated before, a change has taken place regarding the identity of the consumer. Many different scholars have recognised this shift in different

and preserve the human rights of the individual, population, or community to which they serve. Public health nurses are increasingly being faced with ethical, moral, cultural, and political conflicts in today’s society (Ivanov, 2013). Because of these rising issues, it is imperative for public health nurses to be competent and well educated on human rights. A public health nurse’s job differs greatly from that of a hospital based nurse’s job. Public health nurses must expand beyond the treatment

can reconnect to our shared heritage – nature (“Starscape,” n.d., para. 1). Many of the exhibitions at Nuit Blanche addressed social issues and centred on themes of social transformation and community activism. The exhibitions showcased projects discussing social justice movements and the power of community activism. Using art as a political tool, Nuit Blanche engages in collective activism for social change. Through interactive art installations, visitors are engaged in a mutual process of both

amounts of highly concentrated salt brine will be used in order to carve out the underground salt caverns. The brine solution will then be released into the Shubenacadie River. This process is called solution mining and it is a serious concern amongst community members that depend on the river. The purpose of the project is to store natural gas and then later use it as energy to power and heat homes and businesses in Nova Scotia. Permits like the ‘Industrial Approval to operate the brine storage pond from

In this chapter, a brief review of the relevant research literature will be presented to generate a theoretical outline of this proposed research. This theoretical outline will guide the research strategy. Fraser & Estrada (2002) commented that since late 1970s, the importance of community participation at all stages of a development initiative has been commonly acknowledged. Parvalla (2003) defined (as cited in Ballur, 2012) community as “a territorially bound group with some commonality of interest”

Executive Summary Action Research believes that "Human organizations can only be understood as whole entities" (Baskerville, 1999) and that social processes are best to be studied when change is introduced to observe the effects of these. Furthermore, It makes use of a cyclical approach in order for an initial holistic understanding of a social setting. The action research literature has strongly challenged the character of positivism. It is believed that this type of research is derived from a different

Is it possible to help people to change to more healthy behaviour? Theories about changes in health behaviour tend to look at: • Cognition: the way people define and think about what they do and how they change their minds in ways that can lead to changing the ways they act; and • Context: the cultural, social, physical, emotional and psychological environments that shape people and the factors that can facilitate change. No one theory can sum up all the factors in health behaviour, but theories