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Community Development Journal 39:135-143
© 2004 Oxford University Press and Community Development Journal

Community development research: Merging communities of practice

Hilde Van Vlaenderen

Hilde Van Vlaenderen is a Research Associate at Rhodes University, South Africa. She has been active in the South African NGO movement and is a consultant in the area of community development and environment in a number of African countries

Address for correspondence: h.vanvlaenderen{at}wanadoo.fr

Academic researchers in developing countries are increasingly called upon to gear their research efforts towards solving contemporary social problems. The dominant research paradigm in their academic institutions is however not conducive to such endeavours. This paper proposes a participatory paradigm, based on the principles of activity theory, as a basis for community development work. The paper elaborates on the process needed to develop a participatory research project and presents two examples to illustrate the characteristics of such an approach.


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