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<p>The project review as outlined in this article explores the questions: What is transformative research and what is transformation as far as the community stakeholders are concerned? To what extent has the transformative research achieved its intended outcomes? The Bokamoso project (founded by Lesego Serolong as facilitator and investor) is an integrated development project designed to create employment and to enable the community to learn while they make a living through a diverse range of farming activities. The participatory research as discussed here is part of the University of South Africa’s research and community engagement programme, and is set in a remote, arid zone. This research coupled with community engagement aims to transform lives and create opportunities by enhancing their participation in education, training and employment creation. The project (which has been running since 2015) supports indigenous ways of being, knowing and doing and has succeeded in enabling the farmers trained through Bokamoso to be less dependent on social benefits (government grants).</p>
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The project review as outlined in this article explores the questions: What is transformative research and what is transformation as far as the community stakeholders are concerned? To what extent has the transformative research achieved its intended outcomes? The Bokamoso project (founded by Lesego Serolong as facilitator and investor) is an integrated development project designed to create employment and to enable the community to learn while they make a living through a diverse range of farming activities. The participatory research as discussed here is part of the University of South Africa’s research and community engagement programme, and is set in a remote, arid zone. This research coupled with community engagement aims to transform lives and create opportunities by enhancing their participation in education, training and employment creation. The project (which has been running since 2015) supports indigenous ways of being, knowing and doing and has succeeded in enabling the farmers trained through Bokamoso to be less dependent on social benefits (government grants).

Efforts to inspire transformative research with farmers in a small town in the North West Province of South Africa

Department of Adult Education and Youth Development

International Journal for Transformative Research

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The project review as outlined in this article explores the questions: What is transformative research and what is transformation as far as the community...

Efforts to inspire transformative research with farmers in a small town in the North West Province of South Africa

Published Online: Dec 02, 2019

Page range: 10 - 19

Received: Mar 21, 2019

Accepted: Jun 18, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijtr-2019-0003

Keywords
Epistemic network, Transformation, Social and environmental justice

© 2018 J McIntyre-Mills et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Efforts to inspire transformative research with farmers in a small town in the North West Province of South Africa

Published Online: Dec 02, 2019

Page range: 10 - 19

Received: Mar 21, 2019

Accepted: Jun 18, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijtr-2019-0003

KeywordsEpistemic network, Transformation, Social and environmental justice

© 2018 J McIntyre-Mills et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Epistemic network, Transformation, Social and environmental justice