Participatory Inquiry

Types of Participatory Research

From David Hiles, Methods of Participatory Inquiry:

• Ancient methods of inquiry

• Explicit methods (Researcher oriented)

1. Heuristic Inquiry (Clark Moustakas)
2. Co-operative / Lived Inquiry (John Heron)
3. Autoethnography (Carolyn Ellis)
4. Mindful Inquiry (Valerie Bentz & Jeremy Shapiro)

• Implicit methods (Participant oriented)

1. Narrative Inquiry (Hiles & Cermák)
2. Phenomenological Inquiry (Donald Polkinghorne, etc)
3. Transpersonal Inquiry (Braud & Anderson)
4. Action Research /Participative Inquiry (Peter Reason)

Detailed descriptions of the method are available in the text:

- Participatory Perspectives on Counselling Research. By DAVID HILES: Summary of paper presented at NCCR Conference, Newport, November 22, 2008.

More Information

• The Participatory Turn in Research

• Participatory Narrative Inquiry