Ik krijg ontzettend vaak de vraag: hoe krijg ik de bevolking of de doelgroep mee in mijn project? Als burgerparticipatie nastrevende gemeente is dat vaak echt een dingetje. Ook hoor ik vaak dat pogingen van de gemeente om burgers...
Toen ik voor het eerst actieonderzoek deed in een afgelegen dorp in Guatemala, had ik geen idee dat ik 10 jaar later in mijn eigen organisatie actieonderzoek op allerlei thema’s zou doen. Van volksgezondheid tot armoedeproblematiek, en van human...
Het is tijd. Wil en ik zitten klaar voor de focusgroep die vermoedelijk over het buurthuis zal gaan, maar niets is zeker in actieonderzoek. Ik betrap mezelf op klamme handjes en klots-oksels. Voor het eerst in mijn actieonderzoekersbestaan leid...
I jumped on Asuman’s ‘boda boda’ as if the last time I sat on such Ugandan motorbike was just yesterday. He brought me straight to the hectic center of Kampala, where I was going to meet Dan Sentamu to...
This article written by Correspondent’s Tamar Stelling about the root cause of today’s global wicked problems really shocked me. The situation is even worse than I thought! We all know the oceans are not doing very well lately. The...
What seemed so far away back in summer 2016 when I did action research on Saba, has come close with the blink of an eye. Through action research, fishermen had co-created a seasoning system for the endangered redfish; on...
7Senses strongly believes that Participatory Action Research (PAR) increases the quality of development cooperation worldwide. PAR adapts to any local situation, empowering communities to tackle their most pressing issues ‘community up’. Let us show you the five most significant differences...
7Senses and sharks. Who would have ever seen the link? Ron van der Veer from the Dutch Council of State saw it a few months ago. He is involved in the Save Our Sharks project in the Caribbean, sponsored...
I often get the question what Participatory Action Research (PAR) actually entails. “Research, so you are going to collect data and deliver a report to get dusty on a shelf?” “Action, so you are going on the streets for...
Recently I received an email from Vera van Rijn, one of the researchers of the Healthy Cooking Challenge: “Improved cooking shelters! With a system to catch rainwater and purify water, how brilliant!” She had just received an email...
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