Call
for Abstracts
NOW
CLOSED. PRESENTERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MID-APRIL.
ICR
is currently accepting applications for workshop and panel
discussion proposals for the national conference, "Crossroads:
Critical Issues in Community-Based Research." We are
looking for presentations that address how class, ethnicity,
race, gender, culture and power impact research partnerships;
gaps between communities and the institutions that serve them
(e.g., schools, clinics, after-school programs, political
representatives); and ways that participatory or collaborative
research partnerships can remedy these and other cultural,
health, environmental and economic policy oriented problems.
We strongly encourage sessions that
are participatory, interactive and use innovative
approaches to presenting information (e.g., games, video,
experiential exercises, breakout groups, etc). We welcome
presentation proposals from diverse racial/ethnic, national
and cultural groups that include youth, outreach and community
workers, community-based artists and research teams (trained
researchers with their community partners).
If you are interested
in submitting a Poster Presentation,
click on the link for more information about how to submit
your Poster.
Recognizing
that community-based collaborative research (CBCR) is a growing
field, the conference is aimed at developing a critical analysis
of current approaches which move us to the next level in improving
our relationships and methods. The conference will explore
and critique core dimensions of CBCR in the following areas:
Theory, Ethics, Methods, Skills, Use of Research Results and
Topical Issues.
Clicking
on the track title (below) will give you fuller descriptions
of the proposed different breakout sessions within each track.
These session topics have been generated through various discussions
with leaders in the field across the country. The sessions
will be reformatted based upon proposal submissions. If
you have a presentation proposal for a panel, interactive
session, workshop or poster session that explores ideas, concepts
and critical thinking about CBCR that is not listed below,
please send us your application! See below for full application
procedures.
A.
Theory Track
A.1. Culture, race, and ethnicity in community-based collaborative
research (CBCR)
A 2. Power in community-based collaborative research
A.3. Applying Ecological Theory
A.4. Building logic models/theory from the ground up
A.5. Building local knowledge
B.
Ethics Track
B.1. Research Ownership: Who owns the research methods and
results in CBCR?
B.2. CBCR Research ethics: interpreting and obtaining informed
consent
B.3. Ethical and methodological considerations in visual documentary
research
B.4/C.2
Ethical and methodological considerations in visual documentary
research
C.
Methods Track
C.1. Integrating mixed (qualitative, quantitative, arts-based)
methods in research
C.2./B.4.
Ethical and methodological considerations in visual documentary
research
C.3. Evaluating CBCR
C.4. Staffing Issues in CBCR
C.5. Challenges in university-community CBCR partnerships
C.6. Crossing Boundaries
C.7. Participatory Action Research as a strategy for community
change
C.8. Sustaining CBCR Research Teams
C.9. Student involvement in CBCR: Models of effective strategies
C.10. Participatory Evaluation Methods
C.11./D.8. Developing international research partnerships
C.12. Folkarts and research
D.
Skills Track
D.1./E.4. Using the media to disseminate research results
D.2. Accessing research participants in high-risk situations
D.3. Using technology to enhance CBCR projects
D.4. Proposal development
D.5. Games: Innovative interactive methods, techniques, critical
thinking exercises etc.
D.6. Empowering youth to do CBCR
D.7. Democratizing science by engaging community residents
in CBCR
D.8./C.11Developing
international research partnerships
E.
Utilization track
E.1. Linking research to policy
E.2. Linking research and service
E.3. Using research results
E.4./D.1.
Using the media to disseminate research results
F.
Topical Track
F.1. Community level partnership approaches to HIV prevention
research
F.2. Collaborative approaches to substance abuse research
and prevention
F.3. Sustaining approaches to mental health and prevention
in multiethnic communities and schools
F.4. Multimedia approaches combining art and science: a dialogue
on empowerment and identity
APPLICATON
PROCEDURES
We
are no longer accepting applications. Presenters will be notified
by mid-April.
Your
proposal application should include the following (you can
use/follow the application form available here in Word
and HTML):
*
Name(s) of presenters/session leaders
* Contact information (organization, address, phone/fax, email)
* Description/abstract of your presentation (no more than
400 words) that includes: title, topic to be covered and detailed
description of format or outline of the presentation plan
Please indicate the
Track and Session Title you are applying to as specified by
the above list. If your proposal cuts across two or more session
topics, or If you are applying for a session that is not listed
above, please indicate this clearly on your application.
For session format suggestions,
click here.
If you are interested
in submitting a Poster Presentation,
click on the link for more information about Poster submission.
We
are no longer accepting applications. Presenters will be notified
by mid-April.
Your application may be submitted via email, mail or fax to:
Crossroads Conference Call for Proposals
Institute for Community Research
2 Hartford Square West, Suite 100
Hartford, CT 06106
Ph:
Fax:
Email:
Note:
If you are sending your application via email, please state
"Crossroads Presentation Proposal" in the subject
line.
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