Development, education, and participatory action research to empower marginalized groups : subaltern ways of knowing among migrant domestic workers / Shireen Keyl.

Introduction : the intersection of migrant domestic labor in Beirut, Lebanon and the development sector -- Understanding critical theory and its frameworks as it applies to the development sector and NGO work -- Participatory action research at the migrant center -- Subaltern epistemologies, part I : stories of oppression and resistance -- Subaltern epistemologies, part II : articulating agency, power, and empowerment -- Education, empowerment and activism in Beirut's NGO spaces -- Subaltern pedagogy and practice : the ideology and functionality of Beirut's migrant and activist communities.

"Drawing on a rich variety of participatory action research (PAR) methods including ethnographic observation, artefact collection, focus groups, and interviews, this volume explores the transformational potential of development programs which actively involve marginalized groups. Foregrounding the experiences of female migrant workers in Beirut, the text reveals how direct participation in NGO-led, community programs and education empowers women to create counter-cultural communities and spaces for learning and activism. The text ultimately combines aspects of critical pedagogy, spatial analysis, and third world feminisms to propose a subaltern praxis for research, development, and teaching. It will appeal to scholars and researchers with interests in research methods in education, migration, equality and human rights and the anthropology of education"-- Provided by publisher.