Participatory Systemic Inquiry
Abstract
This article explores Participatory Systemic Inquiry processes through two examples of practise. The first is about embedding public engagement in UK higher education, the second is about water infrastructure development and local capacity development in small towns situated around Lake Victoria. These examples illustrate why it is necessary to understand the wider systemic dynamics within which issues are situated, and how this helps to identify workable and sustainable solutions to problems. It describes the learning architectures which were constructed to hold the local and thematic inquiries and then to extend them. It also demonstrates the methods which operationalised these processes and explores some of the methodological differences between this approach and other approaches to qualitative and participatory research.
Citation
Burns, D. (2012) Participatory Systemic Inquiry. IDS Bulletin 43(3): 88-100DOI
10.1111/j.1759-5436.2012.00325.xIs part of series
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