What is it about?

This article analyzes a community-university research partnership focused on food and environmental justice in Sacrament, California. We present the case study an example of "weaving", with the warp being the structures of the partnership (goals, decision-making, resource allocation) and the weft being the negotiated and mediated processes of building, maintaining, and responding to inevitable tensions. We argue that such tensions, if skillfully addressed, can strengthen, not weaken the partnership.

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Why is it important?

This article provides a unique perspective on the challenges of community-based participatory action research and community-university partnerships and creative ways to address these challenges.

Perspectives

This article is rewarding to me as community-engaged and public scholar as it chronicles a very challenging but ultimately mutually beneficial partnership in which university and community collaborators developed new knowledge about the dynamics of food justice movements in Sacramento that would not have been possible without these cultivated relationships.

Jonathan London
University of California Davis

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This page is a summary of: Weaving Community-University Research and Action Partnerships for environmental justice, Action Research, March 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1476750316678915.
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