Looking back, dreaming forward – audio

The action-research group co-researchers recorded an audio version of ‘Looking Back Dreaming Forward’ from a desire to make this knowledge available in different formats.  We hope you enjoy listening to their different voices telling the story.

Part 1: Introduction, Where did this initiative ‘A Landscape for Everyone’ emerge from?, ALFE’s scope and limitations

Part 2: Facilitators’ Introduction

Part 3: Motivations to get involved. What happened? How was diversity present in the Action Research Group?

Part 4: Bumblebees at Harehope day. Why an action-research approach? Was it the right approach? Snowdrops at Edmundbyers day.

Part 5:  What were the main barriers the group noticed and dealt with in connecting with the North Pennines? What are some ways forward?

Part 6: How did we keep going as a group? Recurrent tensions in the group’s dynamic (clarity/unknowns, challenging/protective, direct interaction/mediation, internal/external, slow/fast)

Part 7: Tensions we flowed with (emergent/familiar, passive/patronising, boundaries/commitment, bottom-up/top down, flexibility/constraints

Part 8: How did people benefit from the action-research group? Intergenerational responsibility, equality in partnership, dreaming forward

Part 9: Final considerations