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Audiovisual Translation: Theoretical and methodological challenges
Edited by Yves Gambier and Sara Ramos Pinto
[Target 28:2] 2016
► pp. 237–247

Action research

So much to account for

| Hamad bin Khalifa University

In this article Action Research (AR) is addressed to determine its limitations and affordances as a research approach in audiovisual translation studies. A specific case of Participatory Action Research (PAR) is presented in the context of a Museum Project in Portugal – the MCCB project –, serving as a focus for the discussion of the main characteristics of AR: planning, putting into action, reflecting upon and starting anew, in spiralling continuums that start with the AR project itself but that go beyond it to spin off into new research and development projects.

Keywords: action research (AR), participatory action research (PAR), experience design, museum, access, audiovisual translation
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The MCCB project, a case for Participatory Action Research
  • 3.Contributions towards AVT studies and beyond
  • 4.Limitations and affordances of AR – a personal perspective
  • References
Published online: 9 August 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1075/target.28.2.05nev
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