Outputs (9)

Border troubles: urban nature and the remaking of public/private divides (2022)
Journal Article
Armstrong, A., Bulkeley, H., Tozer, L., & Kotsila, P. (2022). Border troubles: urban nature and the remaking of public/private divides. Urban Geography, https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2022.2125669

Traditional interventions to “bring nature into the city” were often motivated by a concern to create forms of public space which would provide a public good. Despite such well-intentioned motivations, these public forms of urban nature have always b... Read More about Border troubles: urban nature and the remaking of public/private divides.

Trust and temporality in participatory research (2022)
Journal Article
Armstrong, A., Flynn, E., Salt, K., Briggs, J., Clarke, R., Vines, J., & MacDonald, A. (2022). Trust and temporality in participatory research. Qualitative Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941211065163

This paper argues that trust cannot be taken for granted in long-term participatory research and promotes greater consideration to conceptualizing the trusting process as fluid and fragile. This awareness by researchers can reveal to them how the pas... Read More about Trust and temporality in participatory research.

Socio-materiality of trust: co-design with a resource limited community organisation (2019)
Journal Article
Clarke, R. E., Briggs, J., Armstrong, A., MacDonald, A., Vines, J., Flynn, E., & Salt, K. (2021). Socio-materiality of trust: co-design with a resource limited community organisation. CoDesign, 17(3), 258-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2019.1631349

Trust is an essential if often implicit aspect of co-design particularly when working in community-based, political and sensitive settings. Current co-design literature, however, remains fairly limited focusing on interactions between people as prima... Read More about Socio-materiality of trust: co-design with a resource limited community organisation.

Organizing for change: North Tyneside Community Development Project and its legacy (2017)
Journal Article
Armstrong, A., & Banks, S. (2017). Organizing for change: North Tyneside Community Development Project and its legacy. Community Development Journal, 52(2), 290-312. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsx006

This article critically reviews the North Tyneside Community Development Project (CDP), which ran from 1972 to 1978 as part of a British anti-poverty experiment in twelve economically deprived areas. We draw on research undertaken by Imagine North Ea... Read More about Organizing for change: North Tyneside Community Development Project and its legacy.

Re-visiting the Community Development Projects of the 1970s in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Shaw, M., Armstrong, A., & Craig, G. (2016). Re-visiting the Community Development Projects of the 1970s in the UK. Concept, 7(2), 1-17

Researchers in Tyneside and Coventry have been re-visiting the Community Development Project (CDP) of the 1970s as part of an Economic and Social Research Council funded project – Imagine: Connecting Communities through Research (2013-17). The Commun... Read More about Re-visiting the Community Development Projects of the 1970s in the UK.

Micro-hydro politics: producing and contesting community energy in the North of England (2014)
Journal Article
Armstrong, A., & Bulkeley, H. (2014). Micro-hydro politics: producing and contesting community energy in the North of England. Geoforum, 56, 66-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.06.015

Analyses of the politics of energy production have traditionally focused on issues of resource extraction and large scale generation. Yet questions of politics are just as critical when it comes to considering the development of ‘small’ energy – vari... Read More about Micro-hydro politics: producing and contesting community energy in the North of England.

Using co-inquiry to study co-inquiry: community-university perspectives on research collaboration (2014)
Journal Article
Banks, S., Armstrong, A., Booth, M., Brown, G., Carter, K., Clarkson, M., …Russell, A. (2014). Using co-inquiry to study co-inquiry: community-university perspectives on research collaboration. Journal of community engagement and scholarship, 7(1), 37-47

In the context of a rapid development of interest in community-university research partnerships, this article argues for a greater focus on collaborative reflexivity to enhance learning from the research process and contribute toward developing susta... Read More about Using co-inquiry to study co-inquiry: community-university perspectives on research collaboration.

Issues of Disclosure and Intrusion: Ethical Challenges for a Community Researcher (2013)
Journal Article
Carter, K., Banks, S., Armstrong, A., Kindon, S., & Burkitt, I. (2013). Issues of Disclosure and Intrusion: Ethical Challenges for a Community Researcher. Ethics and Social Welfare, 7(1), 92-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2013.769344

This case study focuses on some of the ethical issues that arise in community-based participatory research, drawing on an example from practice in the UK. It comprises a case example written by a community researcher, followed by two commentaries, wh... Read More about Issues of Disclosure and Intrusion: Ethical Challenges for a Community Researcher.

Everyday ethics in community-based participatory research (2013)
Journal Article
Banks, S., Armstrong, A., Carter, K., Graham, H., Hayward, P., Henry, A., …Strachan, A. (2013). Everyday ethics in community-based participatory research. Contemporary Social Science, 8(3), 263-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2013.769618

This article explores a range of ethical issues that arise in community-based participatory research (CBPR), drawing on literature and examples from practice. The experience of CBPR practitioners adds further weight to the growing critique by many ot... Read More about Everyday ethics in community-based participatory research.