HECOL301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Participatory Action Research, Complex Analysis, Jargon

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Human Ecology
• Course: HECOL301
• Professor: Philip O' Hara

Document Summary

Plan -> gather data -> analysis -> set priorities -> report ndings. Need: a gap between what is and what should be . Tells you what your organization can do and can provide organization is just as important as target audience and program plan. What barriers your target population will be facing, overcoming that as a means for more participation. Relative needs - absence in comparison to a standard. Felt needs - identi ed by participants, things that we all identify as things that we need. Ascribed needs - gaps identi ed by someone other than participants, needs that observers identify as what we need. Focusing on needs is not enough, we are focused on capacities as well a capacity is resources, skills, competencies, facilities or abilities available. Community capacity building- strengthening the skills, competencies and abilities of people and communities in marginalized societies/comminities so they can overcome the causes of their exclusion and su ering.