Community–Based Participatory Research (CBPR) – IRO courses

Expected learning outcomes

In this course the students will have the opportunity to establish or advance their understanding of the methodological and
epistemological approach to applied community projects in which researchers and community members collaborate as equals in
the research process. Also known as participatory action research (PAR). The goals of the course are: to provide students with an
overview of CBPR principles, to help students acknowledge the significance of CBPR both as a set of methods for identifying and
addressing local issues of concern and as a vehicle for applying the principles of equity, cultural humility, mutual learning, and social
justice to the relationships between researchers and communitie

▪ Decision making
▪ Intercultural Competence.
▪ Collection and synthesis of information
▪ Advancement of free, creative and inductive thinking
▪ Working in an interdisciplinary environment
▪ Design and Management of Projects, Interventions
▪ Respect for diversity and multiculturalism
▪ Exercise of criticism and self-criticism

Indicative Syllabus

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) methodological and epistemological approach
Community-Based Participatory Research principles
Historical Development of Community-Based Participatory Research
Building trust between researchers, the Community Advisory Board, and the community
Ethics in Community-Based Participatory Research
Barriers to Successful Community-Based Participatory Research Projects
Methodological Features of a Participatory Evaluation Model
Positionality and power of researchers, community collaborators, and research participants
Participatory action research in culturally complex societies: opportunities and challenges
Practice in Community-Based Participatory Research methods (Photovoice, Photo Elicitation, Action research, Body Mapping, Levels of
Participation, Mapping and Power Analysis, Participatory Community Arts Projects, Participatory Geographical Information Systems (PGIS),
Participatory Poverty Assessments, Participatory Visual Methods: a Case Study, Power, Reflective Practice, Rivers of Life).

Teaching / Learning Methodology

Support of learning process through the asynchronous platform e-class
Use of PowerPoint during lectures.
Use of video/DVD during lectures.
Email (communication with students)

Lectures
Problem solving
Case studies
Small-group task-oriented discussions
Individual reading

Recommended Reading

● Juliana F. F. Amauchi, Maeva Gauthier, Abdolzaher Ghezeljeh, Leandro L. L. Giatti, Katlyn Keats, Dare Sholanke, Danae Zachari & Jutta
Gutberlet (2022) The power of community-based participatory research: Ethical and effective ways of researching, Community
Development, 53:1, 3-20, DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2021.1936102
● Kwan, C., & Walsh, C. A. (2018). Ethical Issues in Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research: A Narrative Review of the
Literature. The Qualitative Report, 23(2), 369-386. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3331
● Hacker, K. (2013). Community-based participatory research. SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/978145224418