Action-Research Projects
IIM was engaged in a process of continual interaction between reflection and action that are mutually reinforcing. Somewhat different from action-research in academic settings, action-research at IIM was the result of knowledge production based on the institute’s different activities and actions. Goals pursued in this action-research are firstly, to recover subjugated systems of knowledge of diverse peoples and cultures and that of the informal sector of our societies; secondly, to articulate an intercultural and community-based method of research.
Field 1.
Grassroots Participation and Intercultural Community Development (local):
- Regeneration of Communities and Neighbourhoods: (reports):
- Social Movements and Cultural Pluralism: (reports)
- Ethnocultural and Intercultural investigation into the realities of ethnocultural/immigrant and socio-cultural groups: (reports)
- List of reports with the link to BLHS library of University of Montreal
Field 2.
Knowledge, Innovation, Intercultural Alternatives (local and international): (reports/conference proceedings)
Goals pursued:
- Carry out action-research into the knowledge and practices of Indigenous and local communities
- Identify, understand and evaluate local forms of knowledge in order to work towards finding alternative responses to complex social problems through intercultural dialogue
- Promote and sustain South-North and South-South intercultural co-operation and solidarity
- Inform and raise awareness among development workers (government agencies, NGOs, private sectors groups, universities etc.) with regards to the value and viability of endogenous and traditional knowledge in pursuit of the well-being of local communities.