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NetACT Community Development Conference28 January 2015
Johannesburg
Understanding the community: the importance of research for
community development
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To develop the community, you have to
understand the community
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“Research is listening to people”
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Unit for Religion and Development Research (URDR)
• Research partner for faith communities• Understanding your context, understanding your issues• With the goal being change
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Tearfund sexual violence research
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• We will speak out international coalition• IMA World Health, Christian Aid, WCC, WVI, CAFOD, UNAIDS
• UNAIDS working with churches• Further research: SA, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea• TF HIV&SV Unit
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You have to give the community a voice, and listen to it
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But what is empirical research?
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In general…
• Decide on the focus of the research• What is the question you want to answer?
• Get a grip on it• Do not make it too big• Make sure you understand all the relevant concepts
• Choose a research design• E.g. Surveys? Case studies?
• Decide on population and sampling• Population = the people you are going to listen to• Sampling = the specific types of individuals (e.g. age, gender, employment status, etc.)
• Choose your research methods• E.g. interviews? Questionnaires? Focus groups?
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• Fieldwork• Data processing
• Typing it up/ Putting it in Excel/ Transcribing/ etc.
• Coding• Qualitative data: looking for the general themes
• Data analysis• Putting it together: what does it tell us?
• Compiling findings and conclusions• General findings, drawing conclusions, making recommendations
• Report
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The biggest
challenge:
your worldview
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How to overcome our biases
• Who determines the focus of the research?• Literature review• Group research• Discussing it with others• Open-ended questions• Others’ input during interpretation phase• Getting others to do fieldwork
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What does PAR teach us?
• Collaboration between researcher and research subject• Knowledge is generated for the purposes of action
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Doing ethical research
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Ethical research practices
• Asking for consent/permission• Full information about the project• Permission to withdraw• Anonymity• Confidentiality• Safe storage of data• Sharing of research results
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Empirical research is the first step to doing community developmentBecause you cannot develop a community if you do not understand the community