A Participatory Inquiry Paradigm
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Qualitative Inquiry
- Vol. 3 (3), 274-294
- https://doi.org/10.1177/107780049700300302
Abstract
This article starts with a critique of Guba and Lincoln's outline of competing paradigms for research, in particular arguing that the constructivist position fails to account for experiential knowing. The arguments for a participatory worldview are articulated based on a subjective-objective ontology; an extended epistemology of experiential, presentational, propositional, and practical ways of knowing; a methodology based on cooperative relations between coresearchers; and an axiology that affirms the primary value of practical knowing in the service of human flourishing.Keywords
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