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In Tomás Romero Pereira, 91% of the national carrot production, around 11,612 tons annually, faces significant losses due to market standards. The "Mr. Carrot - Rescuing Flavors" project, winner of the Moirū Challenge 2022-2023, promoted this research to address carrot waste, proposing sustainable solutions. This study described and quantified losses, identified causes and proposed solutions. It is a participatory action type research that included field observation, interviews and surveys with key actors, documentary review and a workshop for the validation of the results and proposals generated. The sample was stratified of 40 people. As a result, a loss of 15% was identified in harvest and an additional 25% in post-harvest washing and classification, divided into "Second" (20%) and "Third" (5%). The latter represent losses when marketed below cost. Improved practices in cultivation and harvesting were highlighted, with opportunities for improvement in processing, packaging, transportation, logistics and artisanal industrialization. Six lines of inter-institutional solution are suggested: improve the productivity and quality of carrots, install a modern collection center, support cooperatives, promote student projects, implement training programs and strengthen the "Carrot Capital" brand., En Tomás Romero Pereira, el 91% de la producción nacional de zanahorias, alrededor de 11,612 toneladas anuales, enfrenta pérdidas significativas debido a estándares de mercado. El proyecto "Mr. Carrot - Rescatando Sabores", ganador del Desafío Moirū 2022-2023, impulsó esta investigación para abordar el desperdicio de zanahorias, proponiendo soluciones sostenibles. En este estudio se describió y cuantificó pérdidas, identificó causas y propuso soluciones. Es una investigación del tipo acción participativa que incluyó observación de campo, entrevistas y encuestas a actores clave, revisión documental y un taller para la validación de los resultados y propuestas generadas. La muestra fue estratificada de 40 personas. Como resultado se identificó una pérdida del 15% en cosecha y un 25% adicional en el lavado y clasificación postcosecha, dividido en "De Segunda" (20%) y "De Tercera" (5%). Estos últimos representan pérdidas al comercializarse por debajo del costo. Se destacaron prácticas mejorables en cultivo y cosecha, con oportunidades de mejora en elaboración, envasado, transporte, logística e industrialización artesanal. Se sugieren seis líneas de solución interinstitucional: mejorar la productividad y calidad de la zanahoria, instalar un centro de acopio moderno, apoyar a cooperativas, impulsar proyectos estudiantiles, implementar programas de capacitación y fortalecer la marca "Capital de la Zanahoria".

In Tomás Romero Pereira, 91% of the national carrot production, around 11,612 tons annually, faces significant losses due to market standards. The "Mr. Carrot - Rescuing Flavors" project, winner of the Moirū Challenge 2022-2023, promoted this research to address carrot waste, proposing sustainable solutions. This study described and quantified losses, identified causes and proposed solutions. It is a participatory action type research that included field observation, interviews and surveys with key actors, documentary review and a workshop for the validation of the results and proposals generated. The sample was stratified of 40 people. As a result, a loss of 15% was identified in harvest and an additional 25% in post-harvest washing and classification, divided into "Second" (20%) and "Third" (5%). The latter represent losses when marketed below cost. Improved practices in cultivation and harvesting were highlighted, with opportunities for improvement in processing, packaging, transportation, logistics and artisanal industrialization. Six lines of inter-institutional solution are suggested: improve the productivity and quality of carrots, install a modern collection center, support cooperatives, promote student projects, implement training programs and strengthen the "Carrot Capital" brand., En Tomás Romero Pereira, el 91% de la producción nacional de zanahorias, alrededor de 11,612 toneladas anuales, enfrenta pérdidas significativas debido a estándares de mercado. El proyecto "Mr. Carrot - Rescatando Sabores", ganador del Desafío Moirū 2022-2023, impulsó esta investigación para abordar el desperdicio de zanahorias, proponiendo soluciones sostenibles. En este estudio se describió y cuantificó pérdidas, identificó causas y propuso soluciones. Es una investigación del tipo acción participativa que incluyó observación de campo, entrevistas y encuestas a actores clave, revisión documental y un taller para la validación de los resultados y propuestas generadas. La muestra fue estratificada de 40 personas. Como resultado se identificó una pérdida del 15% en cosecha y un 25% adicional en el lavado y clasificación postcosecha, dividido en "De Segunda" (20%) y "De Tercera" (5%). Estos últimos representan pérdidas al comercializarse por debajo del costo. Se destacaron prácticas mejorables en cultivo y cosecha, con oportunidades de mejora en elaboración, envasado, transporte, logística e industrialización artesanal. Se sugieren seis líneas de solución interinstitucional: mejorar la productividad y calidad de la zanahoria, instalar un centro de acopio moderno, apoyar a cooperativas, impulsar proyectos estudiantiles, implementar programas de capacitación y fortalecer la marca "Capital de la Zanahoria".

Participatory actions in public spaces are practices of encounter with the potential to reinforce social ties and foster a renewed sense of belonging to places. They are well-established and widely practiced – both at the national level [1] and internationally [2, 3] – as modes of exploration [4] and participation that are located at the intersection between different disciplinary domains. The particular form of participatory action discussed here ideally takes place on the street, in squares, and on public ground, via interventions that are often temporary in nature and involve the transformation, but even more fundamentally the re-appropriation, of collective space. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, among its numerous repercussions, has also made it difficult if not impossible to carry out such forms of participation in person and on public ground. It has thus become necessary to modify and reformulate the ways in which participatory action is implemented, so as to continue harnessing its communicative power, and to identify new ways of fostering participation, at a time when it is needed more urgently than ever to counteract the risk of isolation. In this paper, we present and discuss forms of participatory action that have recently been transposed into virtual public space and are primarily based on the sharing of images. We investigate the possibilities and valences of such an approach, both in general and at this specific historical moment.

Participatory actions in public spaces are practices of encounter with the potential to reinforce social ties and foster a renewed sense of belonging to places. They are well-established and widely practiced – both at the national level [1] and internationally [2, 3] – as modes of exploration [4] and participation that are located at the intersection between different disciplinary domains. The particular form of participatory action discussed here ideally takes place on the street, in squares, and on public ground, via interventions that are often temporary in nature and involve the transformation, but even more fundamentally the re-appropriation, of collective space. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, among its numerous repercussions, has also made it difficult if not impossible to carry out such forms of participation in person and on public ground. It has thus become necessary to modify and reformulate the ways in which participatory action is implemented, so as to continue harnessing its communicative power, and to identify new ways of fostering participation, at a time when it is needed more urgently than ever to counteract the risk of isolation. In this paper, we present and discuss forms of participatory action that have recently been transposed into virtual public space and are primarily based on the sharing of images. We investigate the possibilities and valences of such an approach, both in general and at this specific historical moment.

CONTEXT: In Australia, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) are geographically proximal to where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People reside and are valued for providing holistic and culturally safe primary health care. Partnering with ACCHOs in research is appropriate for redressing health inequities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, which includes a high burden of chronic disease. Historically, some approaches to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research have been unethical. Greater accountability in the research process, transparency in reporting, and use of culturally appropriate research methodologies are key recommendations to improving the ethical integrity of research. The need for strengthening the reporting of health research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and Indigenous peoples globally led to the development of the CONSolIDated critERia for strengthening the reporting of health research involving Indigenous peoples (CONSIDER statement), which is a synthesis of international ethical guidelines. This project report uses the CONSIDER statement to critically reflect on participatory research undertaken in partnership with an ACCHO in the rural context and to identify lessons of value for future research. ISSUE: By using the CONSIDER statement as a tool for critical reflection, it was identified that processes used to establish a research partnership with an ACCHO were key to setting the research agenda, including identifying ethical issues, the needs of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, and expectations from the research. The participation of Aboriginal community members throughout the entire research process was not only methodologically important but was also ethically appropriate. Research activities in this project included opportunities for Aboriginal community members to directly share their perspectives and experiences and develop local so

This paper documents the experience of the eco-brick challenge as a pedagogical strategy with university students in virtual mode. The objective is to recognize the individual contribution in the generation of waste and responsible consumption by students. The challenge consisted of recovering inorganic waste for 21 days to place it inside a polyethylene terephthalate bottle. This activity had to be documented daily using the Blackboard® diary tool. A qualitative analysis of the content of each student's diary was carried out, using the QDA Miner® software, the information was categorized into before, during and after the challenge. At the end of the challenge, the students saw themselves as agents of change because with small individual actions they can make a difference for the planet. 41% of the participants promised to improve their consumption habits to reduce the amount of waste, and 19% stated that they would continue to carry out the eco-brick. Although an ecobrick is not the solution to environmental problems, it is a tool that motivates action because the student makes changes in her lifestyle in the hope that she will apply it in her future professional life., Este artigo documenta a experiência do desafio do tijolo ecológico como estratégia pedagógica com estudantes universitários na modalidade virtual. O objetivo é reconhecer a contribuição individual na geração de resíduos e no consumo responsável pelos alunos. O desafio consistia em recuperar os resíduos inorgânicos durante 21 dias para colocá-los dentro de um frasco de polietileno tereftalato, atividade que deveria ser documentada diariamente com a ferramenta Blackboard® diário. Foi realizada uma análise qualitativa do conteúdo do diário de cada aluno, utilizando o software QDA Miner®, as informações foram categorizadas em antes, durante e após o desafio. Ao final do desafio, os alunos se viram como agentes de mudança, pois com pequenas ações individuais podem fazer a diferença para o planeta. 41% dos participantes prometeram melhorar seus hábitos de consumo para reduzir a quantidade de resíduos e 19% afirmaram que continuariam realizando o eco-tijolo. Embora um tijolo ecológico não seja a solução para os problemas ambientais, é uma ferramenta que motiva a ação, pois o aluno faz mudanças em seu estilo de vida com a esperança de que o aplicará em sua futura vida profissional., El presente trabajo documenta la experiencia del reto del ecoladrillo como estrategia pedagógica con alumnos universitarios en modalidad virtual. El objetivo es reconocer la aportación individual en la generación de residuos y el consumo responsable por parte de los alumnos. El reto consistió en recuperar residuos inorgánicos durante 21 días para colocarlos dentro de una botella de tereftalato de polietileno, esta actividad debía ser documentada diariamente utilizando la herramienta diario de Blackboard®. Se realizó un análisis cualitativo del contenido del diario de cada alumno, utilizando el software QDA Miner® la información se categorizó en antes, durante y después del reto. Al finalizar el reto, los alumnos se vieron a sí mismos como agentes de cambio debido a que con pequeñas acciones individuales pueden hacer una diferencia para el planeta. El 41% de los participantes se comprometieron a mejorar sus hábitos de consumo para disminuir la cantidad de residuos y el 19% manifestó que continuarían realizando el ecoladrillo. Si bien un ecoladrillo no es la solución a la problemática ambiental, sí es una herramienta que motiva a la acción pues el alumno hace cambios en su estilo de vida con la esperanza de que lo aplique en su vida profesional futura.

This paper documents the experience of the eco-brick challenge as a pedagogical strategy with university students in virtual mode. The objective is to recognize the individual contribution in the generation of waste and responsible consumption by students. The challenge consisted of recovering inorganic waste for 21 days to place it inside a polyethylene terephthalate bottle. This activity had to be documented daily using the Blackboard® diary tool. A qualitative analysis of the content of each student's diary was carried out, using the QDA Miner® software, the information was categorized into before, during and after the challenge. At the end of the challenge, the students saw themselves as agents of change because with small individual actions they can make a difference for the planet. 41% of the participants promised to improve their consumption habits to reduce the amount of waste, and 19% stated that they would continue to carry out the eco-brick. Although an ecobrick is not the solution to environmental problems, it is a tool that motivates action because the student makes changes in her lifestyle in the hope that she will apply it in her future professional life., Este artigo documenta a experiência do desafio do tijolo ecológico como estratégia pedagógica com estudantes universitários na modalidade virtual. O objetivo é reconhecer a contribuição individual na geração de resíduos e no consumo responsável pelos alunos. O desafio consistia em recuperar os resíduos inorgânicos durante 21 dias para colocá-los dentro de um frasco de polietileno tereftalato, atividade que deveria ser documentada diariamente com a ferramenta Blackboard® diário. Foi realizada uma análise qualitativa do conteúdo do diário de cada aluno, utilizando o software QDA Miner®, as informações foram categorizadas em antes, durante e após o desafio. Ao final do desafio, os alunos se viram como agentes de mudança, pois com pequenas ações individuais podem fazer a diferença para o planeta. 41% dos participantes prometeram melhorar seus hábitos de consumo para reduzir a quantidade de resíduos e 19% afirmaram que continuariam realizando o eco-tijolo. Embora um tijolo ecológico não seja a solução para os problemas ambientais, é uma ferramenta que motiva a ação, pois o aluno faz mudanças em seu estilo de vida com a esperança de que o aplicará em sua futura vida profissional., El presente trabajo documenta la experiencia del reto del ecoladrillo como estrategia pedagógica con alumnos universitarios en modalidad virtual. El objetivo es reconocer la aportación individual en la generación de residuos y el consumo responsable por parte de los alumnos. El reto consistió en recuperar residuos inorgánicos durante 21 días para colocarlos dentro de una botella de tereftalato de polietileno, esta actividad debía ser documentada diariamente utilizando la herramienta diario de Blackboard®. Se realizó un análisis cualitativo del contenido del diario de cada alumno, utilizando el software QDA Miner® la información se categorizó en antes, durante y después del reto. Al finalizar el reto, los alumnos se vieron a sí mismos como agentes de cambio debido a que con pequeñas acciones individuales pueden hacer una diferencia para el planeta. El 41% de los participantes se comprometieron a mejorar sus hábitos de consumo para disminuir la cantidad de residuos y el 19% manifestó que continuarían realizando el ecoladrillo. Si bien un ecoladrillo no es la solución a la problemática ambiental, sí es una herramienta que motiva a la acción pues el alumno hace cambios en su estilo de vida con la esperanza de que lo aplique en su vida profesional futura.

Després d'uns anys de lluita per part dels veïns i veïnes de la Dreta de l'Ei- xample per a aconseguir que el Taller Masriera sigui un edifici públic, encara queda camí per recórrer. Aquest treball és un recull de la història de l'edifici, per tal de contextualitzar-lo dins del barri i la ciutat, un anàlisi de l'envolupant, per prendre coneixement de les seves qualitats patrimonials i constructives, i un estudi per a reconèixer quines són les necessitats d'un entorn amb carències d'equipament en quant a teixit associatiu i cultural. L'existència de grups de treball amb intenció de donar solució mitjançant l'e- difici a una part dels problemes del barri, emfatitza la clara voluntat de crear un projecte futur pel Taller, i em permet treballar i cooperar dins d'aquesta comunitat en desenvolupament amb la finalitat de poder preveure les funcions que l'edifici pot brindar al barri, prioritzant el seu futur ús i, en segon pla, la seva imatge dins de l'entorn més proper i de la ciutat, des de la perspectiva d'un procés que encara és viu. Per a poder fer un seguiment del recorregut del procés vigent, es mostra una síntesi de la matèria prèvia investigada sobre el context de la investigació i l'acció participativa complementada, amb la revisió d'altres projectes que han seguit un procediment similar, i així poder construïr un criteri propi que em permet concloure el treball amb competències de coneixement noves., Después de unos años de lucha por parte de los vecinos y vecinas de la Derecha del Ensanche para conseguir que el Taller Masriera sea un edificio público, todavía queda camino por recorrer. Este trabajo es una recopilación de la historia del edificio, para contextualizarlo dentro del barrio y la ciudad, un análisis de la envolvente, para tomar conocimiento de sus cualidades patrimoniales y constructivas, y un estudio para reconocer cuáles son las necesidades de un entorno con carencias de equipamiento en cuanto a tejido asociativo y cultural. La existencia de grupos de trabajo con intención de dar solución mediante el edificio a una parte de los problemas del barrio, enfatiza la clara intención de crear un proyecto futuro para el Taller, y me permite trabajar y cooperar dentro de este tejido asociativo en desarrollo con el fin de poder prever las utilidades que el edificio puede brindar en el barrio, priorizando su futuro uso, y en segundo plano, la imagen dentro del entorno más cercano y la ciudad desde la perspectiva de un proceso que todavía está vivo. Para poder realizar el seguimiento del recorrido del proceso vigente, se muestra una síntesis de la materia previa investigada sobre el contexto de la investigación y la acción participativa complementada con la revisión de otros proyectos que han seguido un procedimiento similar, a fin de construir un criterio propio que me permite concluir el trabajo con nuevas competencias de conocimiento., After a few years of struggle by the residents of the Right of the Eixample to transform Taller Masriera in a public building, there is still a long way to go. This work is a recollection of the history of the building, in order to contextualize it within the neighborhood and the city, an analysis of the envelope, to become aware of its heritage and constructive qualities, and a study to recognize what are the needs of an environment with lack of equipment in terms of associative and cultural sector. The existence of working groups with the intention of providing a solution through the building to a part of the problems of the neighborhood, emphasizes the clear intention to create a future project for the Workshop, and allows me to work and cooperate within this associative parameter in development in order to be able to anticipate the benefits that the building can provide to the neighborhood, prioritizing its future use, and in the background, its image within the immediate environment and the city, from the perspective of a process which is still alive. In order to be able to follow the course of the current process, a synthesis of the previous researched subject is shown on the context of the research and the participatory action complemented with the review of other projects that have followed a similar procedure, in order to build my own criteria that allows me to conclude the work with new knowledge skills., Award-winning

En el corregimiento de Moñitos del departamento de Córdoba, ubicado en Colombia, se conoce la falta de una relación entre los habitantes y el habitad. Esto genera una carencia en la economía turística y el cuidado óptimo de los recursos naturales, así mismo como del espacio territorial y medio ambiente. Hay una falta en la integración y aporte de la población habitante hacia el territorio, el cual crea un espacio de desinterés. Este artículo plantea unas estrategias de intervención y de acción participativas, las cuales buscan crear nuevos vínculos con el territorio y relaciones socio culturales, incentivar la economía turística, el lazo interpersonal con el medio natural y la concientización con los recursos naturales ubicados en el territorio. Estas estrategias se crearan por medio de actividades que involucran investigación de acción participativa (PAR por sus siglas en ingles). Este es un proceso de inclusión para la opinión de desarrollo del territorio de los habitantes y así mismo, el cuidado optimo en el sector, por medio de capacitaciones al personal involucrado., In the village of Moñitos in the department of Córdoba, located in Colombia, the lack of a relationship between the inhabitants and the habitat is known, this generates a lack in the tourist economy and the optimal care of natural resources, as well as the territorial space and environment, in the same way there is a lack of integration and contribution of the inhabitant population to the territory, For this reason, we propose intervention strategies and participative actions that seek to create new links with the territory, sociocultural relations, the tourist economy, interpersonal ties with the natural environment and awareness of the natural resources located in the territory. These strategies will be created through activities that involve and are taken into account by means of a method called PAR, which is a method of inclusion for the inhabitants' opinion of the development of the territory and likewise, the optimal care of the sector, through training of the personnel involved.

En el corregimiento de Moñitos del departamento de Córdoba, ubicado en Colombia, se conoce la falta de una relación entre los habitantes y el habitad. Esto genera una carencia en la economía turística y el cuidado óptimo de los recursos naturales, así mismo como del espacio territorial y medio ambiente. Hay una falta en la integración y aporte de la población habitante hacia el territorio, el cual crea un espacio de desinterés. Este artículo plantea unas estrategias de intervención y de acción participativas, las cuales buscan crear nuevos vínculos con el territorio y relaciones socio culturales, incentivar la economía turística, el lazo interpersonal con el medio natural y la concientización con los recursos naturales ubicados en el territorio. Estas estrategias se crearan por medio de actividades que involucran investigación de acción participativa (PAR por sus siglas en ingles). Este es un proceso de inclusión para la opinión de desarrollo del territorio de los habitantes y así mismo, el cuidado optimo en el sector, por medio de capacitaciones al personal involucrado., In the village of Moñitos in the department of Córdoba, located in Colombia, the lack of a relationship between the inhabitants and the habitat is known, this generates a lack in the tourist economy and the optimal care of natural resources, as well as the territorial space and environment, in the same way there is a lack of integration and contribution of the inhabitant population to the territory, For this reason, we propose intervention strategies and participative actions that seek to create new links with the territory, sociocultural relations, the tourist economy, interpersonal ties with the natural environment and awareness of the natural resources located in the territory. These strategies will be created through activities that involve and are taken into account by means of a method called PAR, which is a method of inclusion for the inhabitants' opinion of the development of the territory and likewise, the optimal care of the sector, through training of the personnel involved.

Full Text, Thesis (Masters), Master of Visual Arts (MVA), Queensland College of Art, Arts, Education and Law, As a participatory action researcher, revealing from behind the scenes what is usually hidden, this project aims to research the performative aspects of protest, the use of security forces by governments to control demonstrators and the role of media in two differing jurisdictional environments, on land and in international waters. As a photojournalist (see Chapter 2.3) I also bear witness by documenting and disseminating the unfolding news and historic events. Ultimately this project also aims to broaden the knowledge base and understanding of protest theory, of which there is minimal (if any) research of this kind. Photographing protests since 1991 on land and since 2009, previous to this project, having photographed protests twice in the Southern Ocean in international waters, I noticed observable differences in these differing jurisdictional protests’ preparation, contestation and outcome. This project therefore seeks to investigate the differences in these two protest scenarios. In doing so, this project aims to explore ways in which these contrasting jurisdictional sites may alter the performative nature of the protests themselves and the challenges for the protesters within national boundaries at the 2014 G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, and those experienced outside national boundaries in international waters in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, on a Sea Shepherd ship during their 2016/17 Operation Nemesis Antarctic anti-whaling campaign. Security forces are utilised by governments to manage and control protests and protesters as a result interact directly with these agencies, which this project also seeks to document on land and in international waters. The media is an effective tool that governments and protesters use to propagate their individual messages about imminent and unfolding protests. The role and influence that the media itself plays in reporting on protest can have the effect of either supporting or undermining a protest scenario. This research

Through direct testimonies, the text highlights the importance of experience for production of arising knowledges through research-creation processes in performance art. The narrations correspond to participatory art linked to marginality, precariousness and homelessness. The questioned performer uses the body artistically to point out sociopolitical problems in Latin American cities, through actions underlying the artist's thought. The testimonies impact the conception of humanistic judgments of popular culture used in current art. To reinforce the conceptual story, an illustrator directly observes the performer, interprets him and strengthens his testimonies with drawings, that take advantage of an alternative language and exploits the discursive power of the image., A través de testimonios directos el texto resalta la importancia de la experiencia para la producción de conocimientos surgidos mediante procesos de investigación-creación en el arte de la performance. Las narraciones corresponden al arte participativo vinculado a la marginalidad, la precariedad y la indigencia. El performer cuestionado utiliza el cuerpo artísticamente para señalar problemas sociopolíticos de las ciudades latinoamericanas, mediante acciones subyacentes al pensamiento del artista. Los testimonios impactan la concepción de juicios humanísticos de la cultura popular utilizados en el arte actual. Para reforzar el relato conceptual un dibujante indaga directamente al performer, lo interpreta y fortalece sus testimonios con dibujos, utilizados para aprovechar un lenguaje alternativo que explota el poder discursivo de la imagen.

As a participatory action researcher, revealing from behind the scenes what is usually hidden, this project aims to research the performative aspects of protest, the use of security forces by governments to control demonstrators and the role of media in two differing jurisdictional environments, on land and in international waters. As a photojournalist (see Chapter 2.3) I also bear witness by documenting and disseminating the unfolding news and historic events. Ultimately this project also aims to broaden the knowledge base and understanding of protest theory, of which there is minimal (if any) research of this kind. Photographing protests since 1991 on land and since 2009, previous to this project, having photographed protests twice in the Southern Ocean in international waters, I noticed observable differences in these differing jurisdictional protests’ preparation, contestation and outcome. This project therefore seeks to investigate the differences in these two protest scenarios. In doing so, this project aims to explore ways in which these contrasting jurisdictional sites may alter the performative nature of the protests themselves and the challenges for the protesters within national boundaries at the 2014 G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, and those experienced outside national boundaries in international waters in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, on a Sea Shepherd ship during their 2016/17 Operation Nemesis Antarctic anti-whaling campaign. Security forces are utilised by governments to manage and control protests and protesters as a result interact directly with these agencies, which this project also seeks to document on land and in international waters. The media is an effective tool that governments and protesters use to propagate their individual messages about imminent and unfolding protests. The role and influence that the media itself plays in reporting on protest can have the effect of either supporting or undermining a protest scenario. This research, Thesis (Masters), Master of Visual Arts (MVA), Queensland College of Art, Arts, Education and Law, Full Text

This dissertation explores how Black/African American youth from limited resource communities described and demonstrated their social identities through their music-making choices in the therapeutic relationship with a board certified music therapist who was also a Black/African American person regarded as a participant in the study. A review of literature regarding social psychology and identity theory, as well as culturally relevant pedagogy and participatory action research (PAR), which form the foundation of this study’s methodology, is included. Findings include that participants placed a high degree of importance on their social status as authorities on their chosen identifying groups, and consistently reinforced their verbal assertions with behavior that promoted their identifying groups as ideal, and degraded others as being lesser. Their music making choices reflected their stated beliefs as well, through the purposes they ascribed to their songs’ elements (including lyrics), and the structural decisions made in collaboration with—or isolation from—their peers. The project facilitator described the process of facilitating these experiences as one that was strongly influenced by her cultural proximity to the participants, as well as her supervisory relationship with the primary researcher, who was also a Black/African American woman. These results are discussed in the context of the PAR framework, including insights gained by the primary researcher that clinicians may find useful in their own quest for promoting the most authentic and meaningful connections possible in the therapeutic relationship.

This proposal for an investigative model is based on the need to establish a continuos dialogue between the communities (represented in tha communal popular powers) and the university institutions, from participatory and transformative action, in onder to make visible the ecotourism potentialities of tha localities and seek develop them from a geohistorical, decolonial, intercultural and ecological approach, which generates the construction of sustainable living spaces., Esta propuesta de modelo investigativo, se fundamenta en la necesidad de establecer un continuo diálogo entre las comunidades (representadas en los poderes populares comunales) y las instituciones universitarias, desde la acción participativa y transformadora, para lograr visibilizar las potencialidades ecoturísticas de las localidades y buscar desarrollarlas desde un enfoque geohistórico, decolonial, intercultural y ecológico, que genere la construcción de espacios de vida sustentables.

This proposal for an investigative model is based on the need to establish a continuos dialogue between the communities (represented in tha communal popular powers) and the university institutions, from participatory and transformative action, in onder to make visible the ecotourism potentialities of tha localities and seek develop them from a geohistorical, decolonial, intercultural and ecological approach, which generates the construction of sustainable living spaces., Esta propuesta de modelo investigativo, se fundamenta en la necesidad de establecer un continuo diálogo entre las comunidades (representadas en los poderes populares comunales) y las instituciones universitarias, desde la acción participativa y transformadora, para lograr visibilizar las potencialidades ecoturísticas de las localidades y buscar desarrollarlas desde un enfoque geohistórico, decolonial, intercultural y ecológico, que genere la construcción de espacios de vida sustentables.

Civic innovation is about focusing on what is positive, creative and imaginative in the face of a world that seems beset by crisis narratives. In exploring the term civic innovation, as it is used in Development Studies, we are not looking for a new theory and practice that will lead to a grand transformation of neoliberal capitalism but rather at how to build a mosaic of responses by looking at what is happening on the ground where people are living the contradictions of development. It is argued that we need to question pre-determined ideas of what measures to take and go beyond universal policy solutions, in order to look with openness at the actions on the ground. In that sense, civic innovation can be perceived as the ‘political sister ’ of social innovation as it directly assesses dominant power relations. The paper explores a different and trans-disciplinary approach to researching change: by descending from the academic ivory tower, respecting and deploying multiple knowledges for civic innovation, as well as approaching change with the ideas and tools of Participatory Action Research. Examples from knowledge dialogues with Central American social movements are used to explore this methodology further, including the downsides and the dilemmas. The paper concludes that carefully planned dialogues, reflexivity of facilitators, and awareness about potential power issues are probably key features of a knowledge generation process that may embody progressive social change.

Participatory media technologies like weblogs and Facebook provide a new space for political discourse, which leads some governments to seek controls over online speech. Activists who use the Internet for dissenting speech may reach larger audiences by publishing on widely-used consumer platforms than on their own standalone webservers, because they may provoke government countermeasures that call attention to their cause. While commercial participatory media platforms are often resilient in the face of government censorship, the constraints of participatory media are shaping online political discourse, suggesting that limits to activist speech may come from corporate terms of service as much as from government censorship., Las tecnologías de los medios sociales como los blogs y Facebook proporcionan un nuevo espacio para el discurso político, lo que ha llevado a algunos gobiernos a intentar controlar el discurso online. Los activistas que utilizan Internet para expresar su disidencia pueden alcanzar mayores audiencias publicando en las plataformas de las redes sociales más populares que en sus propios y solitarios servidores, puesto que provocarán reacciones de los gobiernos que a su vez atraerán mayor atención a sus causas. Pero aunque las plataformas de redes sociales comerciales a menudo resisten a la censura de los gobiernos, las restricciones con las que limitan el discurso político en la red sugieren que las barreras para el activismo están más en los términos de servicio corporativos que en la censura gubernamental.

Programs and interventions designed to reduce or remedy social, political, economic, and health disparities have varying levels of both short-term and long-term success. Within First Nations and Metis communities in Manitoba, health status and wellbeing, especially of women and children, is an ongoing concern, influenced largely by history, culture, and systemic experiences. Women and girls were recruited to participate in an activity based research project to answer the question: “what do you need to be happy, healthy and safe and how do you try to make sure that girls grow up to be happy, healthy and safe?”. Recruitment criteria included self-identification as First Nations or Metis, a mother (or other female family member providing care) (n=24) of girls ages 8-12 (n=36), lived within Winnipeg, and the ability to commit, with her daughter, to an evening a week for seven weeks. Three workshops were conducted between September 2015 and March 2016. This study employed two key methodological study design components. A participatory workshop provided space for shared learning and intergenerational engagement while a community based research approach utilizing process and evaluation design components allowed for the collection and initial analysis of data within the workshops. Through activities, such as crafts, games, and discussions, participants shaped this study. The predominant theme that emerged was that in order to achieve health, safety and wellbeing, historical trauma needs to be addressed. This is a grouped manuscript style thesis. Chapter one provides an introduction to the study. Chapter two explores how the methodological approach provided a space for reconciliation, self-determination and healing. Chapter three explores the concept of harm reduction within family contexts as demonstrated through three arts-based activities. Chapter four provides a theoretical discussion about historical trauma, cultural memory and the workshop environment as a space for te

Programs and interventions designed to reduce or remedy social, political, economic, and health disparities have varying levels of both short-term and long-term success. Within First Nations and Metis communities in Manitoba, health status and wellbeing, especially of women and children, is an ongoing concern, influenced largely by history, culture, and systemic experiences. Women and girls were recruited to participate in an activity based research project to answer the question: “what do you need to be happy, healthy and safe and how do you try to make sure that girls grow up to be happy, healthy and safe?”. Recruitment criteria included self-identification as First Nations or Metis, a mother (or other female family member providing care) (n=24) of girls ages 8-12 (n=36), lived within Winnipeg, and the ability to commit, with her daughter, to an evening a week for seven weeks. Three workshops were conducted between September 2015 and March 2016. This study employed two key methodological study design components. A participatory workshop provided space for shared learning and intergenerational engagement while a community based research approach utilizing process and evaluation design components allowed for the collection and initial analysis of data within the workshops. Through activities, such as crafts, games, and discussions, participants shaped this study. The predominant theme that emerged was that in order to achieve health, safety and wellbeing, historical trauma needs to be addressed. This is a grouped manuscript style thesis. Chapter one provides an introduction to the study. Chapter two explores how the methodological approach provided a space for reconciliation, self-determination and healing. Chapter three explores the concept of harm reduction within family contexts as demonstrated through three arts-based activities. Chapter four provides a theoretical discussion about historical trauma, cultural memory and the workshop environment as a space for te

Programs and interventions designed to reduce or remedy social, political, economic, and health disparities have varying levels of both short-term and long-term success. Within First Nations and Metis communities in Manitoba, health status and wellbeing, especially of women and children, is an ongoing concern, influenced largely by history, culture, and systemic experiences. Women and girls were recruited to participate in an activity based research project to answer the question: “what do you need to be happy, healthy and safe and how do you try to make sure that girls grow up to be happy, healthy and safe?”. Recruitment criteria included self-identification as First Nations or Metis, a mother (or other female family member providing care) (n=24) of girls ages 8-12 (n=36), lived within Winnipeg, and the ability to commit, with her daughter, to an evening a week for seven weeks. Three workshops were conducted between September 2015 and March 2016. This study employed two key methodological study design components. A participatory workshop provided space for shared learning and intergenerational engagement while a community based research approach utilizing process and evaluation design components allowed for the collection and initial analysis of data within the workshops. Through activities, such as crafts, games, and discussions, participants shaped this study. The predominant theme that emerged was that in order to achieve health, safety and wellbeing, historical trauma needs to be addressed. This is a grouped manuscript style thesis. Chapter one provides an introduction to the study. Chapter two explores how the methodological approach provided a space for reconciliation, self-determination and healing. Chapter three explores the concept of harm reduction within family contexts as demonstrated through three arts-based activities. Chapter four provides a theoretical discussion about historical trauma, cultural memory and the workshop environment as a space for te

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical analysis of recent examples of action competence among young people engaged in democratic participatory action in sustainability programs in Australia. It explores examples of priorities identified for citizen action, the forms this action takes and the ways that democratic participation can achieve positive outcomes for future sustainability. It suggests multiple ways for developing action competence that provides further opportunities for authentic and engaging citizen action for youth connected to school- and community-based learning, in new and powerful ways. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper examines international literature on the theory of “action competence,” its significance for education for sustainability (EfS) and the ways it can inform education for young people’s democratic participatory citizenship and civic engagement. It analyses examples of the development of action competency among young people in Australia, including the problems and priorities identified for citizen action, the forms this action takes and how it can achieve positive outcomes for sustainability. Following this analysis, the paper suggests multiple ways for developing action competence in EfS in schools and communities in new and powerful ways. Findings Developing EfS to increase democratic and participatory action among young citizens is now widely regarded as an urgent education priority. There are growing exemplars of school and community organizations’ involvement in developing EfS learning and teaching to increase participatory citizenship. Young people are being empowered to develop a greater sense of agency through involvement in programs that develop action competence with a focus on sustainability in and out of school. New forms of participation include student action teams and peer collaboration among youth who are marshaling social media and direction action to achieve change

English: Many historically black schools are faced with a challenge of producing quality education with limited resources. Considering the historical backlog on resourcing and the current financial constraints, it does not seem that equity with reference to resourcing will be attained soon. Even notwithstanding the situation as depicted, there seems to be little evidence of schools taking own initiative to engender sharing of limited resources among themselves. Recorded instances of resources sharing between schools seem to be those initiated by government alone, government and business as well as government with donor countries. The collaborative sharing of resources between schools is not sustainable due to the perception of it being an imposition due to top-down approach by the powers that be and the challenge of funding. The perceived top-down and lack of funding seems to thwart initiatives from the side of the schools to come up with own initiatives to share limited resources among themselves. It thus became critical to use a research strategy that would motivate and enthuse those affected to do something about their situation. This participatory action research, conducted within the critical emancipatory theoretical framework, formulates a strategic management framework for collaborative resources sharing between schools such that it is sustainable. In terms of participatory action research, research is not done on people but with them. It was against this background that I formed a team to facilitate engagement, interactions and participation of the affected schools in the study. In laying the foundation for the study, the team engaged the participants in coining the vision, doing SWOT analysis, setting priorities, evaluating legislative mandates and engendering collaborative planning. The critical emancipatory research objectives and principles that underpin the relationships between participants as well as the language used became handy in opening the commu, Afrikaans: Heelwat historiese swart skole staar uitdagings in die gesig om met beperkte hulpbronne nog steeds goeie kwaliteit onderrig aan te bied. Wanneer daar in ag geneem word dat daar „n historiese agterstand is ten opsigte van hulpbronne en die huidige finansiële beperkings blyk dit asof gelykheid met verwysing na hulpbronne nie gou aangespreek gaan word nie. Ten spyte van bogenoemde situasie is daar min getuienis dat skole saamstaan en inisiatief neem om die beperkte hulpbronne wat wel beskikbaar is, met mekaar te deel. Opgetekende gevalle waar hulpbronne tussen skole gedeel word blyk slegs te wees wanneer die inisiatief geneem is deur die regering alleen, of in samewerking met besigheidsinstansies of met skenkerslande. Die samewerking tussen skole ten opsigte van die gesamentlike gebruik van hulpbronne is nie volhoubaar nie weens die aanname dat skole benadeel word deur die “top-down”-benadering van die regerende magte en die uitdaging om fondse te in. Die waargeneemde “top-down”-benadering en die gebrek aan fondse blyk inisiatiewe van die skole oor hoe om die hulpbronne te deel, te dwarsboom. Dit het dus krities belangrik geword om „n navorsingstrategie te ontwikkel om die skole wat hierdeur beïnvloed word te motiveer om iets aan die situasie te probeer doen. Hierdie deelnemende aksie-navorsing, gedoen aan die hand van „n krities-emansipatoriese teoretiese raamwerk, formuleer „n strategiese bestuursraamwerk vir „n proses wat sal lei tot volhoubaarheid t.o.v. die gesamentlike gebruik van hulpbronne tussen skole. In terme van deelnemende aksie-navorsing, word navorsing nie op mense gedoen nie maar in samewerking met hulle. Teen hierdie agtergrond is „n span, vir die doel van die studie, gevorm wat inskakeling, interaksie en deelname van die betrokke skole sal fasiliteer. Ten einde die basis van die studie te bepaal het die span die deelnemers betrek in die samestelling van die visie, afneem van die “SWOT”- analise, vasstelling van prioriteite, evaluering van w, National Research Fund (NRF)

English: This participatory action research, conducted within the critical emancipatory theoretical framework, formulates a strategy to transform the learning of Physical Science such that it is sustainable. The mode of teaching in many schools currently, including the one where the study is conducted, is mainly teacher centred, traditional and not emphasising on making knowledge functional and transferable. This is a challenge to transformation of the learning of Physical Science such that it is more learner-centred, in keeping with the best practices internationally. This need requires teaching to emphasise knowledge which is responsive to real life needs of the learner and his/her community. In this study I identify and formulate the transformational strategy that is grounded in the use of service learning. This requires learners to provide a service to the community in response to its real life problems. This is in turn based on the theme(s) they are expected to learn as provided for in the Physical Science curriculum statement. I also show the importance of understanding circumstantial factors that make the service learning based strategy to work effectively. I identify potential risks and threats that could distract the strategy from its intended goals. I also show how to incorporate ways of anticipating and responding to them in the strategy itself. Finally the strategy is implemented to ascertain its applicability. This helps to find out whether it leads to sustained and better learning of Physical Science. Critical emancipatory research (CER) couches this study as a theoretical framework. Thus I illustrate how CER could assist the study to achieve its five objectives, namely; to explore the need for a transformational service learning strategy to make the learning of Physical Science sustainable, to explore what other strategies have been formulated before to transform the learning of Physical Science as envisaged, to understand circumstantial factors makin, Afrikaans: Hierdie deelnemende aksie-navorsingstudie, gedoen binne die raamwerk van die kritiese emansipatoriese teorie, formuleer ’n strategie om die aanleer van Fisiese Wetenskap te verander ten einde volhoubaarheid te bereik. Tans is die wyse van onderrig in baie skole, asook die skool waar die studie uitgevoer is, hoofsaaklik onderwyser-gerig, tradisioneel en nie gefokus om die kennis funksioneel en oordraagbaar te maak nie. Dit is ‘n uitdaging om die aanleer van Fisiese Wetenskap so te verander dat dit meer leerder-gesentreerd is, en terselfdertyd tred hou met die beste internasionale praktyke. Hierdie behoefte vereis onderrig om kennis wat vatbaar is vir die werklike lewensbenodigdhede van die leerder en sy/haar gemeenskap, te beklemtoon. In hierdie studie identifiseer en formuleer ek ‘n verandering-strategie deur gebruik te maak van diensleer. Dit vereis van leerders om, in antwoord op werklike probleme in die gemeenskap, ‘n diens aan die gemeenskap te lewer. Dit is natuurlik ook gebaseer op die onderwerp(e) wat hulle veronderstel is om te leer soos voorgeskryf in die Fisiese Wetenskap- kurrikulumverklaring. Ek toon ook aan hoe belangrik dit is om omstandigheidsfaktore in ag te neem ten einde die diensleer-strategie effektief te benut. Ek identifiseer potensiële risiko’s en gevare wat kan verhoed dat die studie sy bepaalde doelwitte bereik. Verder toon ek ook werkwyses aan om die voorkoming van en reaksie op hierdie risiko’s en gevare te integreer. Laastens word die strategie geïmplementeer ten einde die toepaslikheid daarvan te bepaal. Dit sal ook aandui of dit wel lei tot volgehoue en effektiewe aanleer van Fisiese Wetenskap. Die teoretiese raamwerk wat hierdie studie ondersteun is kritiese emansipatoriese navorsing (KEN). Derhalwe dui ek aan hoe KEN hierdie studie help om die volgende vyf doelwitte te bereik, nl. om ‘n behoeftebepaling te doen t.o.v. ‘n veranderende diensleer-strategie om die aanleer van Fisiese Wetenskap volhoubaar te maak, ondersoek in t, National Research Foundation (NRF)

Peace processes require an opening to self and others — a willingness to confront what is and to vision beyond present challenges to a brighter future. This type of engagement is crucial for the peaceful development of healthy, functioning societies — societies such as Ukraine, a country thrust without preparation from regional Soviet status to independent country searching for democracy. Eighteen years post-Independence the Ukrainian parliament continues to flounder unsupported by citizens. Active participation in civic affairs required for democracy is unfamiliar for most Ukrainian citizens, having internalized centuries of divisive oppression under a series of authoritarian regimes. Democracy-building and peace-building require participant agency and voice; rising out of oppression, people often need support to speak about and transform their lived experiences. This study, cognizant of the centrality of gender analysis in any context, explored the roles women’s shared narrative, dialogue, and group-visioning play in the support of personal empowerment and bridge building between diverse communities. The study invited women from the European Union-focused Western region of Lviv, Ukraine and the more Soviet/Russian-identified Eastern region of Crimea, first to share their personal stories with the researcher and second, to meet in their regional groups to vision for themselves, their families, and Ukraine. The third phase of this study invited these diverse regional groups to meet in a neutral space, reflexively exploring their parallel processes, while in phase four participants reviewed their experiences of the study. Despite initial beliefs that they have little in common, women in both regions said study participation changed them. They found telling their stories “from beginning to end” allowed them to reflect upon their own values and strengths, and having connected with themselves and their roots, they were then able to reach out to others. Rather than looki

Peace processes require an opening to self and others — a willingness to confront what is and to vision beyond present challenges to a brighter future. This type of engagement is crucial for the peaceful development of healthy, functioning societies — societies such as Ukraine, a country thrust without preparation from regional Soviet status to independent country searching for democracy. Eighteen years post-Independence the Ukrainian parliament continues to flounder unsupported by citizens. Active participation in civic affairs required for democracy is unfamiliar for most Ukrainian citizens, having internalized centuries of divisive oppression under a series of authoritarian regimes. Democracy-building and peace-building require participant agency and voice; rising out of oppression, people often need support to speak about and transform their lived experiences. This study, cognizant of the centrality of gender analysis in any context, explored the roles women’s shared narrative, dialogue, and group-visioning play in the support of personal empowerment and bridge building between diverse communities. The study invited women from the European Union-focused Western region of Lviv, Ukraine and the more Soviet/Russian-identified Eastern region of Crimea, first to share their personal stories with the researcher and second, to meet in their regional groups to vision for themselves, their families, and Ukraine. The third phase of this study invited these diverse regional groups to meet in a neutral space, reflexively exploring their parallel processes, while in phase four participants reviewed their experiences of the study. Despite initial beliefs that they have little in common, women in both regions said study participation changed them. They found telling their stories “from beginning to end” allowed them to reflect upon their own values and strengths, and having connected with themselves and their roots, they were then able to reach out to others. Rather than looki

This keynote presentation begins with a contrast. On the one hand, network technologies are very desirable for social action, allowing activists to achieve more with less, more quickly and with broader impact. They are tools which help greatly. On the other, the very advantages they bring are bound up with the cultural logic of contemporary capitalism, obsessed as it is with squeezing increased productivity from every last resource at its disposal - natural or artificial, human or otherwise. This contrast alerts us to the need to look beyond network technologies as the easy solution to every problem, and focus instead on the human relationships which might be enabled by them, but for which technology never completely account. As the remainder of the presentation will outline, this focus on relationships requires us to 'de-tool' information technology: to think of it as something other than a fix for problems to be picked up and put down at will. Rather, it is more valuable to think of networked computing as part of the environment within which social action can occur; often an important purpose for social action; and as a medium which nutures expression and engagement of self and belief. Ultimately, there is only a fine line between exploiting technology and exploiting people: social action in a network society can avoid stepping over this line by recognising the symbiosis of people and computers that together enables us to work productively for change and development.

Data and information accumulated during several years of questionnaire and checklist surveys; site visits and walk-thorough investigations in some small and medium-sized enterprises provided the basis of this thesis. Seven articles are included in this thesis, dealing with workers’ physical, physiological, cognitive and psychosocial issues. The data were collected on the target group of workers from different work sites in Bangladesh for a comprehensive assessment of tasks, jobs and ergonomic issues. Jobs and tasks were classified according to the job content and task activity they performed. Most of the subjects were interviewed and some of them volunteered for physiological tests to bring attention to their occupational exposure to potentially strenuous activities in a hot and humid climate. The results showed that their working environment was non-ergonomic, not only because of the work-related problems themselves but also because of stressful tasks, extensive use of muscle force, old machinery, economic constraints, and a lack of enforcement of work regulations and labour legislation. The findings also demonstrated that the workers were associated with an increased risk of occupational hazards due to various local reasons. The results of the case studies give some insight towards a better understanding of health, safety and ergonomics applications that may contribute to bring working society together and initiate a broad-based improvement of the working environment in many developing countries like Bangladesh. The practical concern of this thesis is to improve the design of the workstation as well as to improve a worker’s safe manipulation of tools and equipment and control of machinery, critical posture, and so on. This thesis also attempts to contribute the author’s own views and suggestions with the hope of drawing workers’ and employers’ awareness and public attention towards unsafe acts and conditions, and for increasing the implementation of work, Tiivistelmä Väitöskirjaan sisältyy seitsemän artikkelia, jotka käsittelevät työntekijöiden fyysisiä, fysiologisia, kognitiivisia ja psykososiaalisia asioita. Tiedot kerättiin eri kohteista Bangladeshissa keskittyen työtehtävien arviointiin ja ergonomiaan liittyviin tekijöihin. Aineisto on kerätty useiden vuosien ajan kyselykaavakkeiden ja tarkastuslistojen avulla; vierailut ja tutkimukset paikan päällä pienissä ja keskisuurissa yrityksissä muodostivat perustan tälle väitöskirjalle. Työtehtävät jaettiin sisällön ja aktiviteetin mukaan. Tutkimukseen osallistuneita työntekijöitä haastateltiin ja jotkut heistä olivat vapaaehtoisia fysiologisiin testeihin, joilla selvitettiin heidän altistumistaan mahdollisesti rasittaviin töihin kuumassa ja kosteassa ympäristössä. Tulokset osoittivat, että tutkittujen henkilöiden työympäristö oli epäergonominen, ei ainoastaan työhön liittyvien ongelmien takia, vaan myös stressin, liiallisen voimankäytön, vanhojen koneiden, taloudellisten tekijöiden sekä työhön liittyvien säännösten ja lainsäädännön puutteiden vuoksi. Tulokset osoittivat myös, että työntekijöiden riski työtapaturmiin oli kasvanut paikallisten syiden takia. Tulokset auttavat paremmin ymmärtämään terveys-, turvallisuus- ja ergonomiasovelluksia, joiden avulla työyhteisöjen osapuolet voivat käynnistää laaja-alaisen työympäristön parantamisen monissa kehitysmaissa kuten Bangladeshissä. Väitöskirjan käytännöllisen puolen tarkoituksena on työpisteiden ja -paikkojen suunnittelu ja työkalujen turvallisen käytön ja koneiden hallinnan sekä työasentojen edistäminen. Väitöskirja tuo myös esille kirjoittajan omia ehdotuksia ja näkökantoja mahdollisuuksiin lisätä työntekijöiden sekä työnantajien että julkista huomiota, vaarallisiin työtehtäviin ja -oloihin. Väitöstyö pyrkii lisäämään työn säännösten ja työvoimalainsäädännön huomioon ottoa. Työ esittelee myös teknisiä ratkaisuja pieniin ja keskisuuriin yrityksiin. Väitöskirja esittelee sovelluksia, joita paikallisen teknologian puitteis

A community-based participatory action research model was used to raise awareness of environmental conservation in a local community, Los Maleteros. Needs were prioritized, specific responsibilities assigned and joint projects conducted using constant motivation and multiple strategies. The strategies included town meetings, site visits, small play, study and work group development and assignment of specific organizational and administrative responsibilities. Surveys on attitudes and behaviors were conducted on waste disposal and environmental remediation activities. lnterviews were used to gather information regarding values, principles and premises on which behaviors were based. Community members were organized to oversee the purchasing and commercial distribution of recycled glass products. Variables analyzed included productivity, degree of community participation, and structural constructs based on historical, geograpbic and cultural scales. The baseline assessment revealed an impoverished urban community, with invasion of private property and subsidized housing, that was generally undereducated, unemployed, largely ignorant of these issues, and with evidence of state patemalism. Fundamental values were neglected due to the inability to satisfy basic needs, leading the community to adopt values based on a culture of poverty, with low levels of community participation. Through education and offers of meaningful employment, a sense of productivity was reestablished and individual interest was stimulated enough for participants to become integrated into the work and administration of a small-scale glass recycling company. Community participation improved from 14.25% in the two initial workshops to 21.83% in the third workshop. Collection of recyclable materials increased from 1.74 kg to 2.63 kg per family unit., Se utilizó el modelo de investigación acción participante para ser aprehendido por la comunidad Los Maleteros, con la finalidad de crear conciencia sobre la conservación de su entorno ambiental a través de la participación comunitaria. Ameritó jerarquización de los problemas, asignación de responsabilidades, realización de actividades conjuntas, motivación constante y estrategias múltiples. Se utilizaron encuestas sobre actitudes y costumbres acerca de higiene de la basura y saneamiento del ambiente. Entrevistas para valores, principios, premisas sobre lo que basan su comportamiento. Organización de la comunidad para gerenciar las actividades de compra y comercialización de los desechos de vidrio. Indicadores analíticos: productividad, participación comunitaria; estructurales: históricos, geográficos, culturales. Las estrategias: reuniones, visitas, formación de grupos (juegos, estudio, trabajo), asignación de responsabilidades organizativas y gerenciales. Los resultados muestran la conformación de las comunidades urbanas pobres, invasiones de propiedad privada, urbanizaciones de interés social, falta de formación educativa, desempleo, ignorancia, rentismo y paternalismo de Estado. Rezago de valores primigénios, necesidades básicas insatisfechas que los obligan a adoptar valores de la cultura de la pobreza, con escasa participación comunitaria. El logro, el rescate de valores que permitió motivarlos en sus intereses para integrarlos al trabajo de una microempresa de reciclaje de vidrio (Microrevi), asumiendo la gerencia al ser estimulados con formación educativa y trabajo productivo. Mejoraron la participación de 14,25% en las primeras dos jornadas a 21,83 % en la tercera e incrementaron la recolección de 1,74 Kg/Flia a 2,63 Kg/ Flia en la tercera jornada.

A community-based participatory action research model was used to raise awareness of environmental conservation in a local community, Los Maleteros. Needs were prioritized, specific responsibilities assigned and joint projects conducted using constant motivation and multiple strategies. The strategies included town meetings, site visits, small play, study and work group development and assignment of specific organizational and administrative responsibilities. Surveys on attitudes and behaviors were conducted on waste disposal and environmental remediation activities. lnterviews were used to gather information regarding values, principles and premises on which behaviors were based. Community members were organized to oversee the purchasing and commercial distribution of recycled glass products. Variables analyzed included productivity, degree of community participation, and structural constructs based on historical, geograpbic and cultural scales. The baseline assessment revealed an impoverished urban community, with invasion of private property and subsidized housing, that was generally undereducated, unemployed, largely ignorant of these issues, and with evidence of state patemalism. Fundamental values were neglected due to the inability to satisfy basic needs, leading the community to adopt values based on a culture of poverty, with low levels of community participation. Through education and offers of meaningful employment, a sense of productivity was reestablished and individual interest was stimulated enough for participants to become integrated into the work and administration of a small-scale glass recycling company. Community participation improved from 14.25% in the two initial workshops to 21.83% in the third workshop. Collection of recyclable materials increased from 1.74 kg to 2.63 kg per family unit., Se utilizó el modelo de investigación acción participante para ser aprehendido por la comunidad Los Maleteros, con la finalidad de crear conciencia sobre la conservación de su entorno ambiental a través de la participación comunitaria. Ameritó jerarquización de los problemas, asignación de responsabilidades, realización de actividades conjuntas, motivación constante y estrategias múltiples. Se utilizaron encuestas sobre actitudes y costumbres acerca de higiene de la basura y saneamiento del ambiente. Entrevistas para valores, principios, premisas sobre lo que basan su comportamiento. Organización de la comunidad para gerenciar las actividades de compra y comercialización de los desechos de vidrio. Indicadores analíticos: productividad, participación comunitaria; estructurales: históricos, geográficos, culturales. Las estrategias: reuniones, visitas, formación de grupos (juegos, estudio, trabajo), asignación de responsabilidades organizativas y gerenciales. Los resultados muestran la conformación de las comunidades urbanas pobres, invasiones de propiedad privada, urbanizaciones de interés social, falta de formación educativa, desempleo, ignorancia, rentismo y paternalismo de Estado. Rezago de valores primigénios, necesidades básicas insatisfechas que los obligan a adoptar valores de la cultura de la pobreza, con escasa participación comunitaria. El logro, el rescate de valores que permitió motivarlos en sus intereses para integrarlos al trabajo de una microempresa de reciclaje de vidrio (Microrevi), asumiendo la gerencia al ser estimulados con formación educativa y trabajo productivo. Mejoraron la participación de 14,25% en las primeras dos jornadas a 21,83 % en la tercera e incrementaron la recolección de 1,74 Kg/Flia a 2,63 Kg/ Flia en la tercera jornada.

A community-based participatory action research model was used to raise awareness of environmental conservation in a local community, Los Maleteros. Needs were prioritized, specific responsibilities assigned and joint projects conducted using constant motivation and multiple strategies. The strategies included town meetings, site visits, small play, study and work group development and assignment of specific organizational and administrative responsibilities. Surveys on attitudes and behaviors were conducted on waste disposal and environmental remediation activities. lnterviews were used to gather information regarding values, principles and premises on which behaviors were based. Community members were organized to oversee the purchasing and commercial distribution of recycled glass products. Variables analyzed included productivity, degree of community participation, and structural constructs based on historical, geograpbic and cultural scales. The baseline assessment revealed an impoverished urban community, with invasion of private property and subsidized housing, that was generally undereducated, unemployed, largely ignorant of these issues, and with evidence of state patemalism. Fundamental values were neglected due to the inability to satisfy basic needs, leading the community to adopt values based on a culture of poverty, with low levels of community participation. Through education and offers of meaningful employment, a sense of productivity was reestablished and individual interest was stimulated enough for participants to become integrated into the work and administration of a small-scale glass recycling company. Community participation improved from 14.25% in the two initial workshops to 21.83% in the third workshop. Collection of recyclable materials increased from 1.74 kg to 2.63 kg per family unit., Se utilizó el modelo de investigación acción participante para ser aprehendido por la comunidad Los Maleteros, con la finalidad de crear conciencia sobre la conservación de su entorno ambiental a través de la participación comunitaria. Ameritó jerarquización de los problemas, asignación de responsabilidades, realización de actividades conjuntas, motivación constante y estrategias múltiples. Se utilizaron encuestas sobre actitudes y costumbres acerca de higiene de la basura y saneamiento del ambiente. Entrevistas para valores, principios, premisas sobre lo que basan su comportamiento. Organización de la comunidad para gerenciar las actividades de compra y comercialización de los desechos de vidrio. Indicadores analíticos: productividad, participación comunitaria; estructurales: históricos, geográficos, culturales. Las estrategias: reuniones, visitas, formación de grupos (juegos, estudio, trabajo), asignación de responsabilidades organizativas y gerenciales. Los resultados muestran la conformación de las comunidades urbanas pobres, invasiones de propiedad privada, urbanizaciones de interés social, falta de formación educativa, desempleo, ignorancia, rentismo y paternalismo de Estado. Rezago de valores primigénios, necesidades básicas insatisfechas que los obligan a adoptar valores de la cultura de la pobreza, con escasa participación comunitaria. El logro, el rescate de valores que permitió motivarlos en sus intereses para integrarlos al trabajo de una microempresa de reciclaje de vidrio (Microrevi), asumiendo la gerencia al ser estimulados con formación educativa y trabajo productivo. Mejoraron la participación de 14,25% en las primeras dos jornadas a 21,83 % en la tercera e incrementaron la recolección de 1,74 Kg/Flia a 2,63 Kg/ Flia en la tercera jornada.

This dissertation explores how Black/African American youth from limited resource communities described and demonstrated their social identities through their music-making choices in the therapeutic relationship with a board certified music therapist who was also a Black/African American person regarded as a participant in the study. A review of literature regarding social psychology and identity theory, as well as culturally relevant pedagogy and participatory action research (PAR), which form the foundation of this study’s methodology, is included. Findings include that participants placed a high degree of importance on their social status as authorities on their chosen identifying groups, and consistently reinforced their verbal assertions with behavior that promoted their identifying groups as ideal, and degraded others as being lesser. Their music making choices reflected their stated beliefs as well, through the purposes they ascribed to their songs’ elements (including lyrics), and the structural decisions made in collaboration with—or isolation from—their peers. The project facilitator described the process of facilitating these experiences as one that was strongly influenced by her cultural proximity to the participants, as well as her supervisory relationship with the primary researcher, who was also a Black/African American woman. These results are discussed in the context of the PAR framework, including insights gained by the primary researcher that clinicians may find useful in their own quest for promoting the most authentic and meaningful connections possible in the therapeutic relationship.