Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Eddie Cowling in Archived related news
Tagged as: individual participation, participatory mapping, place, social participation
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ShareThisAcademics at the University of Bradford alongside the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) have just published a new research report exploring how residents on two traditionally white estates participate within their communities. It is fascinating both for its content and methodology and relevant to the Pathways project on both accounts.
The findings in Bradford are of great interest to the research coming out across the Pathways project, and of particular interest to the inner city case-study in Leeds, another Yorkshire city where we are exploring participation on estates home to different degrees of deprivation and some socially excluded groups. Similarly to the Pathways project, the JRF research also used a form of participatory mapping to access different types of information from residents. It makes for an interesting read to see how the two research teams have used visual data in different ways.
Download the JRF report here, and download the Pathways report on participatory mapping here
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Hi Eddie
Interesting research indeed! I would be interested in hearing what you think the findings from this might mean for attitudes towards community responsiblity? (have a look at http://www.3s4.org.uk/drivers/attitudes-towards-community-responsibility#comments for a bit more on this)
Kathryn
Hi Kathryn,
Your post raises some interesting questions around community responsibility. I do think research such as the JRF work on Bradford’s estates, and projects such as Pathways can really help to explore not only the possible reasons and shaping forces for changing attitudes towards community responsibility, but crucially begin to help policymakers and practitioners shape solutions. I’ve replied to your post here.
Eddie