Acting on research to become a community of practice. An experience of participatory action research on adolescent distress
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participatory action research, youth distress, cross-generational comparison, educational hermeneutics, community of practiceAbstract
The article presents a methodological examination of the Participatory Action Research (PAR) conducted with the Adolescence Table of the City of Cento (FE) and focuses on the PAR strategies employed and their impact on the research process. Starting from the description of the context in which the research was designed, this paper aims to provide analytical insights into how the hermeneutic, critical-emancipatory and participatory approaches of the action research were translated into methodological strategies. This process involved the territorial operators in the research, increasing their agency and enhancing the research group's perception of itself as a community of practice.
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