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Announcing PSP Summer Institute on Critical PAR June 4-8, 2012**** ** ** Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.<http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=c203c51d72af161908dd849f5&id=93ac93311a&e=e3ed788138> **** [image: hvhv]**** ** ** *Critical Participatory** **Action Research** **Summer Institute** ** ******June 2012***** ------------------------------ You are invited to apply to *The Public Science Project’s 2nd Annual Summer Institute on Critical Participatory Action Research** *at The CUNY Graduate Center. **** The Summer Institute on Critical Participatory Action Research is a 5-day intensive training designed to *introduce* the theory, methods, and ethics of critical participatory action research (PAR) to graduate students, faculty, and members of community-based organizations. Through seminars, roundtables, and hands-on workshops with experienced PAR researchers, participants will gain the necessary skills and knowledge to integrate a critical PAR approach into their scholarship, research, and/or organizing. In the Summer Institute you will learn about:**** - the history, theory, method, & ethics of critical PAR**** - building partnerships with community & community-based organizations*** * - creating conditions for meaningful collaboration within research collectives**** - designing critical participatory research with IRBs & community review boards**** - participatory approaches to methods and analysis: mapping, photo-voice, youth-generated surveys, interviews, focus groups**** - engaging the arts and performance as research tool**** *In addition, you will:***** - advance your current projects & develop new research ideas in a community of peers and experienced critical PAR researchers (both university & community based)**** - join a diverse international network of critical participatory action researchers**** ------------------------------ “*The institute was both a great social and intellectual experience. I made colleagues and friends that I will have relationships with for the rest of my life, I learned information that will be valuable to me beyond the sphere of academia and I found parts of myself I never thought I would find this soon.*” - Brett Cumberbatch, participant 2011 CPAR Institute**** When* *June 4 - 8, 2012* *Where* *The CUNY Graduate Center, NYC* *Fees * *Tuition for the week is $1000. Limited scholarships are available. Directors Michelle Fine María Elena Torre *The Public Science Project*<http://publicscienceproject.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c203c51d72af161908dd849f5&id=a3f8ed8ad6&e=e3ed788138> has been conducting and supporting critical participatory action research for over 10 years. Dedicated to advancing a democratic social science for the public good, we collaborate with communities to design research and practice that examines the impact of policy and structural injustice. *Join us!* **** ------------------------------ Who Should Apply ? The Summer Institute is designed to bring together geographically diverse participants from universities and community based organizations. We encourage university-community research teams to apply. Individual graduate students, faculty, and community workers are also welcome. * **Applications are due January 15th. *Click here to fill out the on-line *application*<http://publicscienceproject.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c203c51d72af161908dd849f5&id=09d3b77719&e=e3ed788138> .**** ------------------------------ *Also Announcing *... *PSP Institute on Critical Statistics* June 18 - 20, 2012 *Advanced Critical PAR Institute* June 21 - 22, 2012 For more information contact: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>**** www.publicscienceproject.org Unsubscribe<http://publicscienceproject.us2.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=c203c51d72af161908dd849f5&id=ac110bf2d4&e=e3ed788138&c=93ac93311a> [log in to unmask] from this list. Copyright (C) 2011 public science project All rights reserved. Forward<http://us2.forward-to-friend2.com/forward?u=c203c51d72af161908dd849f5&id=93ac93311a&e=e3ed788138>this email to a friend Update your profile<http://publicscienceproject.us2.list-manage.com/profile?u=c203c51d72af161908dd849f5&id=ac110bf2d4&e=e3ed788138> **** [image: Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?aid=c203c51d72af161908dd849f5&afl=1> **** **** -- Caitlin Cahill, PhD Assistant Professor, Urban Studies New Community College City University of New York -"The People's University" cell # 347 504 2094