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Institute 2003
Urban Research and Curriculum Transformation Institute
Engaging Community Voices through Participatory Research:
Developing Curricula
 In 2003, ten faculty members from six institutions participated in the Institute. The disciplines of Social Work, Anthropology, Sociology, Medicine, Black World Studies, and Art History were represented. The final sessions of the Institute involve the faculty participants presenting the course or courses they have designed or redesigned.
Organized by academic discipline below are summaries of the 2003 revised course syllabi presented by faculty participants. You can also link to a working Participatory Action Bibliography compiled at the Institute and the 2003 Faculty Schedule
SOCIAL WORK:
Aida Giachello, University of Illinois at Chicago
SOCIAL WORK 565
Research II: Participatory Action Research
- This graduate level course is the second course option in a social work research track. In addition to a written review of action research sources and an annotated bibliography about action research and a selected research topic, students have the option to develop a research proposal, participate in research projects already in progress, develop a community research manual, or conduct a focus groups and analyze, and write up the data. Action Research (2nd ed, Sage) by E.T. Stringer is the required text.
Teresa Kilbane, Loyola University Chicago
SOCIAL WORK 821
Research Models and Approaches in Clinical Social Work
- This course comes in the second year of the doctoral program and focuses on research methodology, especially data collection and analysis. Ninety per cent of the grade is a research design paper utilizing a participatory action research approach that incorporates both quantitative and qualitative methods.
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ANTHROPOLOGY:
Ginger Hofman, DePaul University
ANT 322/SOC 422 Community-Based Applied Practice
Partners in Action Research: Cracking Down on Fraudulent Immigration Counseling in Kane County, Illinois
- This course will expose students to the experience of applying anthropological skills and knowledge in order to identify why non-citizens obtain services from Notaries rather than from immigration consultants who have been accredited by the Board of Immigration Appeals. The goal of the course is to provide suggestion for how our client CBO (Centro de Informacion) might better promote its expertise and encourage non-citizens to obtain legal services from qualified immigration consultants.
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SOCIOLOGY:
Juan Sandoval, Northwestern University
SOCIOLOGY 207 PROBLEMS OF CITIES
Problems of Cities
- This course focuses on urban communities and neighborhoods and examines what people value, how they interact within and between communities, and how they mobilize to play a role in their environments.
Greg Scott, DePaul University
SOCIOLOGY 423
Urban Cultural Areas
- This course is designed as an exploration of urban injection drug use culture through the execution of participatory action research.
Susan Stall, Northeastern Illinois University
SOC 343 SOCIOLOGICAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL ACTION SEMINAR
Applied Sociology: Informed Action for Empowering Social Change
- What is meant by sociological practice? What are the connections between sociological practice and informed social action? In this course, readings, speakers, videos, field trips, and service learning projects introduce us to individuals engaged in organized grassroots initiatives to challenge traditional economic relationships in the workplace, to broaden involvement in educational decision-making and community planning, and to act creatively to make the media our voice.
Alex Trillo, Saint Xavier University
SOCIOLOGY 285
Latinos in the U.S.
- In this introduction to the sociological study of Latinos in the US, the Participatory Action Research approach is emphasized. In addition to a midterm and a weekly journal, students prepare a written report that summarizes their PAR findings and includes a recommendation for future research. The PAR project involves the students becoming familiar with one community organization or agency and working with members of that group toward a specific goal. Exploratory observations in the community as well as talking to people affiliated with the organization will be part of the project. Since such fieldwork is time consuming, each student will be given one class hour per week to offset time spent in the field.
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MEDICINE:
Madelyn Iris, Northwestern University
PATIENT, PHYSICIAN AND SOCIETY: SMALL GROUP SEMINAR
Culture, Health, and Health Care: Changing Demographics and the Impact On Health in an Urban Environment
- This seminar will examine health disparities and health care issues among some of Chicago's ethnic populations. The goal of the seminar is to examine what culture contributes to health, through values, beliefs, health care practices, interaction with the environment, choice, and obstacles and barriers, as well as to take a critical perspective on two key constructs that currently dominate the field of biomedicine and culture: cultural competence and health disparities.
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BLACK WORLD STUDIES:
Ayana Karanja, Loyola University Chicago
BLACK WORLD STUDIES COLLOQUIUM BWS 201
African Roots/Cultures and Communities in the Diaspora
- In this required course for a Minor in Black World Studies, the goals are to become familiar with various ways ethnic identity if performed across "black" groups and to uncover ways in which myths, etc. impact expectations within these communities. A participatory action research project is offered as an alternative to a final term paper. The goal of the project would be to determine with community residents the social/political framework around which such communities might pursue greater access to healthcare, employment and educational objectives. PAR methods are interwoven throughout the course.
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ART HISTORY:
Woodman Taylor, University of Illinois at Chicago
ART HISTORY 320
Asian Chicago: Constructing Asian Identities in Chicago
- In this course, students will explore how Asian identities are reconstituted within the urban landscape of Chicago's neighborhoods, as well as in the more intimate private spaces of individual homes, and even taxi and restaurant interiors.
- Following site visits and work with Chicago Asian neighborhood organizations, students will map the ethnic character of a specific neighborhood or streetscape which will lead to a larger project that will then be presented to the organizations at a symposium on Asian Chicago.
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