Participatory Research Methodologies


The present compendium on Participatory Research Methodologies is a sincere effort to provide readers with adequate information, as an input to develop skills, abilities and attitudes necessitated in participatory research. This compendium tries to answer questions on (a) How to understand participation in the context of interdisciplinary water resource management?; (b) What was the context for origin and spread of participatory research?; (c) What are the participatory methods and tools?; (d) In what ways it differs from conventional research methods?; and (e) How can they be applied to research and development in South Asian context?