Title

Challenges And Benefits Of Community-Based Participatory Research For Environmental Justice: A Case Of Collaboratively Examining Ecocultural Struggles

Keywords

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

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. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

9-1-2012

Publication Title

Environmental Communication

Volume

6

Issue

3

Number of Pages

403-421

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2012.698291

Socpus ID

84865774532 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84865774532

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