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A unique and engaging account of the practice and challenges of participatory research methods: doing research with rather than on participants. It fleshes out the key ethical and methodological dimensions of participatory research, drawing on reflections from the author’s own practices to root its coverage in real world experience. Providing detailed commentary on key challenges, issues, and questions that emerge from participatory process, the book’s themed chapters discuss online participation, care, time, power, hope, money, creativity, precarity, and endings. Each draws extensively on the varied perspectives of researchers and participants and underlines overarching topics like the value of transparency, dealing with mistakes, and merging the varied expertise that underpins participatory approaches at every stage of the research process. The book also includes extracts from researchers’ fieldnotes and written reflections from participants, bringing a new richness to our understanding of the method and its potential.

A unique and engaging account of the practice and challenges of participatory research methods: doing research with rather than on participants. It fleshes out the key ethical and methodological dimensions of participatory research, drawing on reflections from the author’s own practices to root its coverage in real world experience. Providing detailed commentary on key challenges, issues, and questions that emerge from participatory process, the book’s themed chapters discuss online participation, care, time, power, hope, money, creativity, precarity, and endings. Each draws extensively on the varied perspectives of researchers and participants and underlines overarching topics like the value of transparency, dealing with mistakes, and merging the varied expertise that underpins participatory approaches at every stage of the research process. The book also includes extracts from researchers’ fieldnotes and written reflections from participants, bringing a new richness to our understanding of the method and its potential.

Exploring why food aid exists and the deeper causes of food poverty, this book addresses neglected dimensions of traditional food aid and food poverty debates.It argues that the food aid industry is infused with neoliberal governmentality and shows how food charity upholds Christian ideals and white privilege, maintaining inequalities of class, race, religion and gender. However, it also reveals a sector that is immensely varied, embodying both individualism and mutual aid.Drawing upon lived experiences, it documents how food sharing amid poverty fosters solidarity and gives rise to alternative modes of food redistribution among communities. By harnessing these alternative ways of being, food aid and communities can be part of movements for economic and racial justice.

Exploring why food aid exists and the deeper causes of food poverty, this book addresses neglected dimensions of traditional food aid and food poverty debates.It argues that the food aid industry is infused with neoliberal governmentality and shows how food charity upholds Christian ideals and white privilege, maintaining inequalities of class, race, religion and gender. However, it also reveals a sector that is immensely varied, embodying both individualism and mutual aid.Drawing upon lived experiences, it documents how food sharing amid poverty fosters solidarity and gives rise to alternative modes of food redistribution among communities. By harnessing these alternative ways of being, food aid and communities can be part of movements for economic and racial justice.

Epdf and ePUB available Open Access under CC BY NC ND licence.The COVID-19 pandemic affected everyone – but, for some, existing social inequalities were exacerbated, and this created a vital need for research.Researchers found themselves operating in a new and difficult context; they needed to act quickly and think collectively to embark on new research despite the constraints of the pandemic. This book presents the collaborative process of 14 research projects working together during COVID-19. It documents their findings and explains how researchers in the voluntary sector and academia responded methodologically, practically, and ethically to researching poverty and everyday life for families on low incomes during the pandemic.This book synthesises the challenges of researching during COVID-19 to improve future policy and practice.Also see 'A Year Like No Other: Family Life on a Low Income in COVID-19' to find out more about the lived experiences of low-income families during the pandemic.