Vismai Arbhabhirama

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  3 Has anybody heard about area-based collaborative research? What do you think about it?
  By Vismai Arbhabhirama · Area-based Development Research Journal
  Vismai Arbhabhirama · Area-based Development Research Journal

  Some important characteristics of Area-based Research (in my opinion) :- Area-based research or formerly known in the name of Community-based research... [more]

  Some important characteristics of Area-based Research (in my opinion) :- Area-based research or formerly known in the name of Community-based research or CBR and what The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) now called Area-based Collaborative research or ABC research. Having several differences in some crucial aspects from “Area Studies” initiated by the United States after World War II, ABC research has one interesting and the most important task different from Area Studies’: that’s for the well being and sustainability of community and indigenous people while Area Studies is to serve political & governmental stability. Even though most of their methodologies are almost the same except the one that’s emerged to be the most important for Area-based research methodology: Participatory Action Research (PAR), specified the role and genuine participation of community as the prerequisite of all its research activities; and the using of Knowledge Management (KM) technology to extract & exchange knowledge between researchers & people in communities and then finally comes up with new knowledge and problems solving procedures suitable for use in the community.
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  3 Has anybody heard about area-based collaborative research? What do you think about it?
  This kind of research, sometimes called community-based research, has been conducted in Thailand for about a decade ago, and has potential to be more ... [more]
  This kind of research, sometimes called community-based research, has been conducted in Thailand for about a decade ago, and has potential to be more popular; however, a lot of researchers are still confused about its value and recognition in research world.
  By Vismai Arbhabhirama · Area-based Development Research Journal
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