call for papers: course-based community-based research

[colist at comm-org.wisc.edu]

From: Sarena Seifer <sarena at u.washington.edu>

Dear Comm-org colleagues,

Call for papers: "Pedagogies of Praxis: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on
Course-Based Action Research"

This co-edited volume by Nila Ginger Hofman (Assistant Professor of
Anthropology, DePaul University) and Howard Rosing (Associate Director, 
Steans
Center for Community-based Service Learning, DePaul University) will 
focus on
documenting ways in which action research within the social sciences 
functions
as an effective tool in undergraduate learning as well as a means to build
partnerships between institutions of higher learning and community-based
organizations that serve the public.

Contributions to the volume should focus on how course-based action 
research
(CBAR) and course-based participatory action research (PAR) serve the 
interests
of three constituencies: students, faculty and their supporting 
institutions,
and the community.  Individual papers should focus on the impact of 
courses on
these constituencies by querying, for example, whether we are
teaching/designing CBAR/PAR effectively, or how we can go about making
students' work more visible.

The editors are particularly interested in papers that address how
undergraduate education is directly impacted by CBAR/PAR, e.g., how these
pedagogies engage students in local-level politics.  Also of interest is 
the
impact of such projects on the communities served and how CBAR/PAR impacts
faculty and pedagogy.  These questions are engaged by asking, for 
example, what
type of institutional support is needed to sustain these types of 
endeavors?
How do educators/practitioners go about reporting back to the community
regarding the success and failures of CBAR/PAR? Such questions will help
readers understand how, for example, CBAR projects can realistically move
toward PAR and what kinds of challenges are involved in employing CBAR/PAR
pedagogies in general.

Deadline for paper submission is October 1, 2005. Papers should be no 
more than
30 pages, double-spaced, exclusive of references.  Authors should also 
submit a
short bio, stating their institutional affiliation and field of study.

Please direct all inquiries to Nila Ginger Hofman at nhofman at depaul.edu

Stay on top of the latest news and funding announcements re: 
community-based
participatory research (CBPR): Join the free CBPR listserv today at
https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbpr