excellent conference:
"Research has been owned by the researchers. Thus researchers have been much more powerful than the researched people in many cases. In Disability Studies, it has been argued that this research context had contributed to reinforce the discrimination against disabled people in society. We would like to question this predominant research context by employing participatory research method in our study.
Participatory Research Method aims at participation of the researched people to the research process, thereby filling some of the power gaps between the researchers and the researched people. In this method, therefore, the researched people are active research participants rather than passive object of the research. The research process includes identifying the research questions, planning and designing the research, collecting data, analysing and interpreting the data and sharing the results. When the research participants can share their inputs based on their own experiences, the research can create relevant knowledge for them. The participation, however, is not compulsory. The research participants can make the decision on when and how to participate and not to participate in the research. The ultimate goal of this research method in our study is that the research outcomes will contribute to the sustainable, positive change towards the equality of disabled people.
However, we cannot give a false expectation to our research. We have to be clear about our research outcomes that we cannot promise a dramatic change because the research is only part of the society and because any single research of this kind cannot make such a significant change within the limited resources. Having stated that, we would like to make our modest contribution to the disability movement to fight against discrimination from an academic side."
Dear colleagues
Thank you for finding your way here in our newly-founded blog! Please take some time to get familiar with our research project and with the research team members. In brief, our research is on human rights and disability in Ugandan context. Our team members consist of disability activists both from
We thought that research works had been too far away from non-academic people, or even from those who are in different fields or disciplines of the academic community. We wanted to bridge this gap by creating this blog as a space for us from different backgrounds to communicate. Please don’t hesitate at all to comment here and be in contact with us.
The blog will have writings and discussion on various themes that relate to our research project. We will try our best to keep up the discussion by offering desirable subjects. In addition, our conference papers, trip reports and other related materials will be available here for your convenience.
Yours sincerely,
The Research Team
