Abstract
ABSTRACTThis article critically reflects on the methodological approach developed for a recent project based in Jinja, Uganda, that sought to generate new forms of environmental knowledge and action utilizing diverse forms of creative intergenerational practice embedded within a broader framework of community-based participatory research. This approach provided new opportunities for intergenerational dialogue in Jinja, generated increased civic environmental engagement, and resulted in a participant-led campaign to share knowledge regarding sustainable biomass consumption. We term this approach intergenerational community-based research and creative practice. We discuss the advantages of this model while also reflecting throughout on the challenges of the approach.
Highlights
This article provides a critical discussion of the methodology of a recent project that sought to understand and generate new forms of environmental knowledge and action utilizing diverse forms of creative intergenerational practice embedded within a broader framework of community-based participatory research (CBPR)
We argue that this approach to intergenerational community-based research and creative practice offers potentially significant advantages for promoting intergenerational environmental engagement, while posing practical, ethical, and epistemological challenges that require careful consideration
We outline the particular approach to intergenerational community-based research and creative practice that we developed in Jinja
Summary
This article provides a critical discussion of the methodology of a recent project that sought to understand and generate new forms of environmental knowledge and action utilizing diverse forms of creative intergenerational practice embedded within a broader framework of community-based participatory research (CBPR). The project resulted in forms of environmental action in the form of a campaign to promote sustainable biomass consumption, an issue of pressing local concern given the contribution of household charcoal consumption to deforestation in the region We argue that this approach to intergenerational community-based research and creative practice offers potentially significant advantages for promoting intergenerational environmental engagement, while posing practical, ethical, and epistemological challenges that require careful consideration. This approach formed a component of INTERSECTION’s wider research program across the whole of Jinja, which involved a range of more-conventional social science research techniques (ethnographic observation, over 200 qualitative interviews with local people and key stakeholders, 12 focus group discussions, and a social survey of 750 residents) to investigate local perspectives on consumption, sustainability, and intergenerational justice. Over the course of a week, the participants conducted 27 interviews in total: 17 younger-toolder generation interviews and 10 older-to-younger generation interviews
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