A Sense of Participation: Proximity in Action Research
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The postmodern take on action research has increased the range of critique and reflection. The addition of complexity theory/cybernetics has developed a fertile ground for new developments in action research by redefining the role of theory in interaction to practice. Theory no longer represents, is no longer the result of mere analysis. They are communications that help to compare events and practices. These communications demand attention for the ambiguity, indeterminateness and dynamics of situations. This postmodern take on complexity is interested in the way people attempt to make this messiness tractable and the ethical implications thereof. This paper argues for such a postmodern-complexity take on action research, emphasizing the role of participation. It illustrates this practice describing a change process in a Polytech.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009