Studying Time Banking: Exploring Participatory Action Research in Aotearoa New Zealand

Authors

  • Emma McGuirk University of Otago

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11157/sites-vol9iss2id207

Keywords:

Anthropology, Participatory Action Research, postgraduate, time banking, community currencies

Abstract

This article presents a literature review of participatory action research (PAR) approaches used in New Zealand social science research to assess if there is a ‘New Zealand’ approach to PAR that differs somewhat from the international literature on PAR. Using the additional device of self reflection on my own current PhD research topic I argue that New Zealand does have rich local influences that enhance PAR as a methodology while also maintaining many points of similarity with the international literature. Given the breadth and richness of New Zealand based scholars' experience with this method, I argue that more New Zealand based academic writing should refer to these local examples of participatory action research.

Author Biography

  • Emma McGuirk, University of Otago
    PhD Candidate and Teaching Fellow Department of Anthropology and Archaeology University of Otago

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Published

31-12-2012

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2012)

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Studying Time Banking: Exploring Participatory Action Research in Aotearoa New Zealand. (2012). Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, 9(2), 142-171. https://doi.org/10.11157/sites-vol9iss2id207