Community Research
Community-based research typically pairs community residents and nonprofit practitioners with academic scholars to produce useful studies on items of immediate interest and relevance to community members.
According to Richard Sclove,
* Community-based research produces KNOWLEDGE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO CONSTRUCTIVE, SUSTAINABLE CHANGE and often impacts local and national policies.
* PARTICIPATION AND COLLABORATION ARE THE DRIVING FORCES behind community-based research. Successful initiatives overcome tensions between professional researchers, practitioners, and concerned residents to respond to pressing community problems and needs.
* Community-based research often PRODUCES POWERFUL, FAR-REACHING, AND SOMETIMES UNANTICIPATED RESULTS, including heightened social trust and relationships.
Community-Based Research
May 1999
No. 3
retrieved online at http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/newsletter1525/newsletter_show.htm?doc_id=16337
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