ABSTRACT
Participatory action research (PAR) represents a stance within qualitative research methods, an epistemology that assumes knowledge is rooted in social relations and most powerful when produced collaboratively through action. With a long and global history, participatory action research has typically been practiced within community-based social action projects with a commitment to understanding, documenting, and/or evaluating the impact that social programs, social problems, and/or social movements bear on individuals and communities. PAR draws on multiple methods, some quantitative and some qualitative, but at its core it articulates a recognition that knowledge is produced in collaboration and in action.
