Just Methods

<p><b>In this book, law and society researchers reflect on past, new, and emerging participatory action research (PAR). </b><br><br>In particular, the book explores two key dimensions of community-engaged law and society research: the process, methods, and challenges of collaborative research on justice, and innovative dissemination techniques of co-created knowledge, including theatre, art, museum exhibits, walking tours, music, and web platforms. The book highlights different strengths and features of PAR research, with chapters that cover a wide range of locales.<br><br>More specifically, the chapters explore the following key questions:<br>-How does knowledge-building about the meanings and mechanisms of justice emerge and form within law and society scholarship?<br>-How can we, as researchers, build space for public conversations about justice?<br>-How do colonialism, sexism and racism impact these conversations?<br>-What do meaningful partnership and collaboration look like in law and society, and how does this work take shape, recognizing these structures of inequality?<br>-How can we better, with more impact, share research with/in communities, and what opportunities are there for knowledge sharing to create space for conversations about justice?<br><br>The book delves into research projects and innovative methods that do novel work in charting out new methods and, consequently, builds new knowledge in socio-legal justice scholarship. It speaks to diverse range of researchers, research subjects, and research priorities.</p>