Williamson, A. and R. DeSouza, Eds. (2010). Researching with communities: grounded perspectives on engaging communities in research. London and Auckland, Muddy Creek Press.
This edited book includes a range of perspectives from academics, researchers and practitioners on undertaking community-inclusive research. The book provides a number of methodological exemplars for doing community-based research. Some interesting examples include: Community network analysis: Communications, neighbourhood and action; Children in communities affected by conflict and natural disaster in north and east Sri Lanka; Soulful research: Using an arts-based methodology to authentically engage with local communities; Involving refugees in focus group research; The stranger within: Rethinking distance and proximity of the researcher as community member; The sharing of power: Reflections on community initiated research; and Direct qualitative analysis of data from digital audio sources, amongst others. One of the core themes of the collection is the value of participatory methods in community research: doing research with communities instead of on communities, involving community members as producers or co-producers of research, and challenging the 'conventional' role of the researcher within the research process.