Community x-change
Encyclopedia
Community x-change is an informal label for a variety of participatory action research
practices that promote alternative principles of participation
(often called “public engagement”) from those that currently dominate. It contains elements of the citizens' jury
and DIY citizens' jury techniques, but avoids legal language or symbolism.
The term was first coined by community development worker and Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre (PEALS) academic Jasber Singh in 2006, to describe a shift from naive attempts at two-way engagement such as the 2005 UK Nanojury. The term symbolises attempts to share ownership of the participation process with the community members who became involved in it.
In East Anglia
, a team led by PEALS and the British Association for the Advancement of Science
has established a community x-change with funding from a UK government scheme called Sciencewise. The same organisations are now establishing a similar process in Liverpool
.
Young people in Cumbria and North East England have joined adults in forming a community x-change that is facilitated by PEALS and Right to be Heard (R2BH), and one region among ten across Europe that form part of the European Citizens Panel project.
Participatory action research
Participatory action research – or action research – is a recognized form of experimental research that focuses on the effects of the researcher's direct actions of practice within a participatory community with the goal of improving the performance quality of the community or an area of...
practices that promote alternative principles of participation
Participation (decision making)
Participation in social science refers to different mechanisms for the public to express opinions - and ideally exert influence - regarding political, economic, management or other social decisions. Participatory decision making can take place along any realm of human social activity, including...
(often called “public engagement”) from those that currently dominate. It contains elements of the citizens' jury
Citizens' jury
A Citizens' Jury is a mechanism of participatory action research that draws on the symbolism, and some of the practices, of a legal trial by jury. It generally includes three main elements:...
and DIY citizens' jury techniques, but avoids legal language or symbolism.
The term was first coined by community development worker and Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre (PEALS) academic Jasber Singh in 2006, to describe a shift from naive attempts at two-way engagement such as the 2005 UK Nanojury. The term symbolises attempts to share ownership of the participation process with the community members who became involved in it.
In East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
, a team led by PEALS and the British Association for the Advancement of Science
British Association for the Advancement of Science
frame|right|"The BA" logoThe British Association for the Advancement of Science or the British Science Association, formerly known as the BA, is a learned society with the object of promoting science, directing general attention to scientific matters, and facilitating interaction between...
has established a community x-change with funding from a UK government scheme called Sciencewise. The same organisations are now establishing a similar process in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
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Young people in Cumbria and North East England have joined adults in forming a community x-change that is facilitated by PEALS and Right to be Heard (R2BH), and one region among ten across Europe that form part of the European Citizens Panel project.