Papers in English or Spanish due May 1 for journal special issue on Knowledge Democracy & Action Research

[Announcement from Comm-engagedscholarship]

Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,

Call for Papers in English or Spanish due May 1, 2013

Action Research Journal Special Issue on:

Knowledge Democracy and Action Research

Paper submission deadline: 1st of May, 2013

Guest Editors: Drs. Namrata Jaitli, PRIA (Participatory Research Institute in Asia), India and George Openjuru, Makerere University, College of Education and External Studies Uganda in association with Dr. Rajesh Tandon, PRIA, India and Prof. Budd Hall, University of Victoria, Canada.

Papers are invited for a special Action Research Journal issue focusing on knowledge democracy and Action Research. The primary purpose of this special edition of Action Research Journal is to draw attention to and raise debates about knowledge democracy and alternative forms of knowing. The second aim is to bring to the fore perspectives of authors from the Global South, which is understood to include excluded epistemologies from the global North such as Indigenous researchers.

The central question in this call is the concept of knowledge democracy, which is about, “Whose Knowledge Counts”? Knowledge democracy goes beyond the concepts of a knowledge economy (how to match job skills to the global economy) and knowledge society (using existing knowledge for better social and economic outcomes). Knowledge democracy recognizes the diversity of knowledges, drawing on the work of Boaventura de Sousa Santos and others, a diversity of forms of knowledge representation (making use of artistic or other forms which are accessible to the public) and sees knowledge as a key part of people organizing themselves to create healthier, more vibrant and resilient communities.

For details, please review the "call for papers" at http://bit.ly/WvpEaf

For more information on the journal, visit http://bit.ly/WKuzVv

If you have specific questions or concerns regarding the call for papers, please contact Dr. George Ladaah Openjuru at george.openjuru@gmail.com who will be in communication with the rest of the editorial group for this special issue.

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