Title

Challenges and Benefits of Community-Based Participatory Research for Environmental Justice: A Case of Collaboratively Examining Ecocultural Struggles

Authors

Authors

Y. W. Chen; T. Milstein; C. Anguiano; J. Sandoval;L. Knudsen

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Environ. Commun.

Keywords

Community-Based Participatory Research; Environmental Justice; Nuevo; Mexicano/a; Applied Research Collaboration; COMMUNICATION; Communication; Environmental Studies

Abstract

This essay features critical reflections on a process of generative community-based participatory research (CBPR) in which communication researchers collaborated with environmental organizations, cultural advocacy groups, and community participants to identify better ways of addressing ecocultural struggles. In response to Depoe's call to promote scholar-practitioner interactions, the authors make explicit challenges and benefits implicated in employing a CBPR process to promote environmental justice. This critical reflective analysis centers on three key issues related to engaging in CBPR-oriented praxis-based research. The findings challenge the researcher's role as the initiator of a community-university collaborative project, broaden the notion of community in CBPR, and promote multiple analytical perspectives that can speak to diverse partner-stakeholders. The authors conclude with a conceptualization of how CBPR can aid in promoting environmental justice as both a goal and a process and offer practical recommendations.

Journal Title

Environmental Communication-a Journal of Nature and Culture

Volume

6

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

403

Last Page

421

WOS Identifier

WOS:000308027000008

ISSN

1752-4032

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