Action Research - Applied Research, Intervention Research, Collaborative Research, Practitioner Research, or Praxis Research?

摘要: This article relates common ways of conceptualising action research as "intervention", "collaboration", "interactive research", "applied and "practitioner research" to a number different knowing, extracted from the works Aristotle. The purpose is not disavow any these practices but expand philosophical, methodological, theoretical horizon contain Aristotelian concept praxis. It claimed that praxis knowing needs be comprehended in order realize full, radical potential providing real "added value" relation more conventional social approaches. Praxis radically challenges divisions labour between knower-researchers known-researched. Thereby it also both epistemologies institutionalisations dominating research. Key words: research, collaborative intervention practitioner praxis, In this I will address according how seems relate its field or subject study. Different conceptualisations do necessarily imply incompatible practices. But despite practical similarities schools individual researchers, differ, creating sometimes fruitful tensions confusion, partly because differences may often terminological than really conceptual. Often researchers are better their what they do. need discussed. Hopefully, following contribution help clarify some conceptual might decrease at same time increase tensions. Many approaches use terms like "intervention" "collaboration" "interactivity" describing doing things study, / think activity form applying either methods results interpret guide development work. Among "interventionists" we find people Argyris (1970; 1985), Engestrom (2004), Rapaport (1987). Traditions Work Research Institute (WRI) Oslo ISEOR Lyon talk about intervening, so, course, explicit "intervention researchers" who normally call themselves still have many with certain forms (cf. Rothman & Thomas, 1994; Fraser et al., 2009). 1 Others, Greenwood Levin (1998) emphasise collaboration practitioners, so Norwegian WRI-tradition (B.Gustavsen others) UK within CARN (J. Elliott CARPP (P. Reason others). Swedish (Svensson, Eilstrom, Brulin, 2007) prefer while Eden Huxham (1996) others seem research".2 Terms can, meanings contexts. Some relevant, irrelevant for purposes. Although emphasis on one term others, may, quite compatible way contradictory contrary each other. could indicate mostly simply designate aspects complex practice. generally, however, presuppose distinction "insiders", usually thought practitioners immersed concerned objects change study (organisations, communities, families, individuals, etc. …