ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we describe an approach to community-based participatory research, pods, and pod mapping which is rooted in radical love, a love for people, and an understanding of inclusion that is embedded in love. We share our use of this approach with a not-for-profit organization whose mission it is to create accessible and inclusive outdoor sport and recreation opportunities for all people and specifically individuals who experience disability. We argue that by engaging with the concept of pods and pod mapping as a loving research method, by which the voices of those who hold non-dominant positions and are marginalized become privileged, knowledge can be produced that can further the critical consciousness of communities, develop relationships, redistribute power, and lead to social change.
