Essays about: "critical utopian action research"

Found 2 essays containing the words critical utopian action research.

  1. 1. The Ideal Society Workshop: an experiment in creating a new method that contributes to reclaiming Participatory Action Research for emancipation, critical consciousness and citizen power.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Emily Harle; [2019]
    Keywords : action research; participatory action research; critical utopian action research; participatory methods; deliberative democracy; critical consciousness; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Action Research, Participatory Action Research and participatory methods have faced a number of criticisms, including that they do not actually involve citizens or create social change, and that they are tokenistic. This thesis develops and tests a new participatory method that contributes to a democratic and emancipatory PAR that responds to these criticisms and the shortcomings of current methods. READ MORE

  2. 2. Social dimensions of the German energy transition : on the issue of social justice in a ‘technological’ transformation process

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Verena Gröbmayr; [2015]
    Keywords : energy transition; social justice; future creating workshop; critical utopian action research; commons; transformation processes; democracy; society; Germany; Energiewende;

    Abstract : The energy transition is the showcase project of sustainable development in Germany but often neglects the social dimension that comes along with the technological transformation. In this thesis, I elaborate on the questions of how the energy transition can become socially just but also to what extent it can be perceived as a puzzle piece of a greater transformation. READ MORE