A "collective researcher" (in the words of Bataille) is already established to think about the action research process in the Project Artways in UMAR. The abstract of our paper:
Comprehensive external evaluation using a collaborative
research-action methodology
Comprehensive external
evaluation using a collaborative research-action methodology proposes the Social and community development research as a sensitizing and formative
construct of the best practices for prevention of violence and juvenile
delinquency. Aims to map the integration of all facilitators used in
communication for the development of prevention of violence and juvenile
delinquency in the key moments of realization of the ARTWAYS project [1],
according to the ERAC cycle (Evaluation;
Research; Action; Collaborative)
and the principles of transparency and credibility as a goal that guides the
ARTWAYS Project. Subsequently to the time of completion of the project, it plans
to establish prevention memory through artistic expression in order to
facilitate the transfer of innovation to territories/places where environmental
scenography claims the necessary to foster creative and competitive social
cohesion, able to promote social inclusion for the essential defense of human rights, inherent to the interests of
human development progress.
We observe the relations network for strategic
monitoring of the ARTWAYs Project actions, processed as a quality observatory
of best practices to prevent violence and juvenile delinquency, through the collaborative
research-action. The strategic monitoring system, which we propose for the external evaluation, through a methodology of
collaborative action research, is profiled with the relevance to promote its
value in a continuously and systematically way.
Authors:
Isabel C. Viana
icviana@ie.uminho.pt
Institute of Education, University of Minho, Portugal
Maria José
Magalhães
Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education,
University of Porto, Portugal
[1] The project
"Artways - Educational Policies and Training Against Violence and Juvenile
Delinquency "is a project of UMAR, financed by the Financial Mechanism of
the European Economic Area (EEA Grants) and managed by the Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation
