title: Anthropological Perspectives on Participation in CBPR: Insights From the Water Project, Maras, Peru.
abstract: In this article, we anthropologically explore one part of the process of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR): participation. Participation in CBPR is usually conceptualized as whether, and the degree to which, community members are involved in the research process. Our focus regarding participation is less on quantity and more on quality of the interaction between community members and researchers; within this context, we elaborate the concept of "bridging" as it is understood in CBPR. Using data from our ongoing "Water Project" in the Peruvian Andes, we explore how interaction, as a participative act of the research interview, creates the space for participating and imagining. Out of this interaction come data that are elaborated, contextualized, and, ultimately, from a CBPR perspective, made useful for meaningful engagement and community action.
authors.affiliation: Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA carteliz@isu.edu.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cartwright
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schow
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D003256:Community Participation; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010568:Peru; D060753:Water Quality
keywords: Peru; anthropology; community and public health; community-based participatory research; health care; marginalized or vulnerable populations; medical; qualitative interviews; remote; rural; social participation