Mosurska, A and Ford, JD orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-3456 (2020) Unpacking Community Participation in Research: A Systematic Literature Review of Community-based and Participatory Research in Alaska. Arctic, 73 (3). pp. 347-367. ISSN 0004-0843
Abstract
Although concepts of “community” and “participation” have been heavily critiqued in the social sciences, they remain uncritically applied across disciplines, leading to problems that undermine both research and practice. Nevertheless, these approaches are advocated for, especially in Indigenous contexts. To assess the use of these concepts, we conducted a systematic literature review of community-based and participatory research in Alaska, USA, where social change has been rapid, having ramifications for social organization, and where participatory and community-based approaches are heavily advocated for by Alaska Native organizations. Conceptualizations of community and participation were extracted and analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The majority of articles showed a lack of critical consideration around both terms, although this was especially the case in reporting around community. While this lack of critical consideration could lead to issues of local elite co-opting research, an alternative interpretation is that Western sociological literature surrounding community is not transferable to Indigenous contexts.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2020 ARCTIC. This is an author produced version of a journal article published in Arctic. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | community; participation; research politics; collaboration; systematic literature review; inequality; Indigeneity; sociology |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jan 2021 12:47 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:32 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | The Arctic Institute of North America |
Identification Number: | 10.14430/arctic71080 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:169236 |