Methodological Reflections on Researching Communication and Social Change
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xii, 219 pp.
Contains 13 illustrations, index
Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change
ISBN 978-3-319-40466-0
"This book identifies the strengths and weaknesses of different methodological approaches to research in communication and social change. It examines the methodological opportunities and challenges occasioned by rapid technological affordances and society-wide transformations. This study provides grounded insights on these issues from a broad range of proficient academics and experienced practitioners. Overall, the different contributions address four key themes: a critical evaluation of different ethnographic approaches in researching communication for/and social change; a critical appraisal of visual methodologies and theatre for development research; a methodological appraisal of different participatory approaches to researching social change; and a critical examination of underlying assumptions of knowledge production within the dominant strands of methodological approaches to researching social change." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction / Norbert Wildermuth and Teke Ngomba, 1
2 Involving Communities as Skilled Learners: The STRAP Framework / Chiara Milan and Stefania Milan, 9
3 Doing Research Across Cultures: A Deconstruction of Post-Positivistic Research Projects / Poul Erik Nielsen, 29
4 Local Folktales on the Radio: Orature and Action Research / Jonas Agerbak, 53
5 The Theory and Practice of Photo Elicitation Among the #Khomani San of the Southern Kalahari / Linje Manyozo, 79
6 Visual Interventions: Film, Ethnography and Social Change / Lajos Varhegyi, Richard Ndunguru, Soren Sonderstrup, and Anders Hog Hansen, 99
7 Countering Malnutrition: Participatory Intervention as an Act of Revelation / Zeenath Hasan, 123
8 Ethnography of Open Cultural Production: From Participant Observation to Multisited Participatory Communication / Julia Velkova, 139
9 Writing and Methodology: Literary Texts as Ethnographic Data and Creative Writing as a Means of Investigation / Oscar Hemer, 161
10 Take the Pill, Discuss the Issues and Act: Using RCTs, PAR and FGDs to Evaluate a Media Entrepreneurship Programme in Tanzania / Linda Helgesson Sekei, Naomi Benny Lugoe, and Karen Marie Thulstrup, 183
Epilogue: Beyond Methodological Consolidation / Norbert Wildermuth and Teke Ngomba, 207
2 Involving Communities as Skilled Learners: The STRAP Framework / Chiara Milan and Stefania Milan, 9
3 Doing Research Across Cultures: A Deconstruction of Post-Positivistic Research Projects / Poul Erik Nielsen, 29
4 Local Folktales on the Radio: Orature and Action Research / Jonas Agerbak, 53
5 The Theory and Practice of Photo Elicitation Among the #Khomani San of the Southern Kalahari / Linje Manyozo, 79
6 Visual Interventions: Film, Ethnography and Social Change / Lajos Varhegyi, Richard Ndunguru, Soren Sonderstrup, and Anders Hog Hansen, 99
7 Countering Malnutrition: Participatory Intervention as an Act of Revelation / Zeenath Hasan, 123
8 Ethnography of Open Cultural Production: From Participant Observation to Multisited Participatory Communication / Julia Velkova, 139
9 Writing and Methodology: Literary Texts as Ethnographic Data and Creative Writing as a Means of Investigation / Oscar Hemer, 161
10 Take the Pill, Discuss the Issues and Act: Using RCTs, PAR and FGDs to Evaluate a Media Entrepreneurship Programme in Tanzania / Linda Helgesson Sekei, Naomi Benny Lugoe, and Karen Marie Thulstrup, 183
Epilogue: Beyond Methodological Consolidation / Norbert Wildermuth and Teke Ngomba, 207
