Connecting relational wellbeing and participatory action research: Reflections on ‘unlikely’ transformations among women caring for disabled children in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorvan der Mark, Elise J.
dc.contributor.authorZuiderent-Jerak, Teun
dc.contributor.authorConradie, Ina M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-27T08:08:47Z
dc.date.available2023-06-27T08:08:47Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractParticipatory action research (PAR) is a form of community-drivenqualitative research which aims to collaboratively take action toimprove participants’lives. This is generally achieved throughcognitive, reflexive learning cycles, whereby people ultimatelyenhance their wellbeing. This approach builds on twoassumptions: (1) participants are able to reflect on and prioritizedifficulties they face; (2) collective impetus and action areprogressively achieved, ultimately leading to increased wellbeing.This article complicates these assumptions by analyzing a two-year PAR project with mothers of disabled children from a SouthAfrican urban settlement. Participant observation notes,interviews, and a group discussion served as primary data. Wefound that mothers’severe psychological stress and the strongintersectionality of their daily challenges hampered participation.Consequently, mothers considered the project‘inactionable’.en_US
dc.identifier.citationvan der Mark, E. J. et al. (2023). Connecting relational wellbeing and participatory action research: Reflections on ‘unlikely’ transformations among women caring for disabled children in South Africa. Journal of Global Ethics, 19(1), 80–104. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2023.2186468en_US
dc.identifier.issn1744-9634
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2023.2186468
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/9162
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Groupen_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.subjectSocial developmenten_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectSocio-economic statusen_US
dc.titleConnecting relational wellbeing and participatory action research: Reflections on ‘unlikely’ transformations among women caring for disabled children in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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