Community-Based Participatory Inquiry to Support Intersectional Social Justice Efforts: The Role of Story as Provocation

Abstract

The community-based participatory inquiry methodological framework introduced here is grounded in (1) the presentation of a generic vignette by the convenor/facilitator, after which (2) participants create data located in their own written or oral narrative responses to the vignette, then (3) convene in small groups to discuss opportunities for addressing social justice issues in a general sense, before (4) closing the inquiry by moving into discussion of one or more issues currently part of intersectional social justice concerns pertinent to the organization/community group. The sought after result of this type of participatory inquiry is to utilize the data obtained from the small group and whole group discussions to create a supportive environment for community/organization members to engage productively with intersectional social justice concerns.