Abstract
Through the author's direct participation in the empowerment of the "foreign brides" and in a rural community, which are both stigmatized in the mainstream Taiwan society, this paper discusses the theories and methods of praxis-oriented research, and its implication to social studies. This paper illustrates how the concepts and techniques of the "theater of the oppressed" can be combined with "pedagogy of the oppressed" to break through the "culture of silence" of the oppressed, develop their critical awareness, and help the women organize themselves for social transformation. It is proposed that praxis-oriented research can achieve more sophisticated research results, because by actively involving oneself in the process of social transformation, the researcher can observe and examine much more directly the mechanisms of social construction and transformation.
DOI
101163/187219106777304296
Recommended Citation
Hsia.
2006.
"Empowering "Foreign Brides" and Community through Praxis-Oriented Research."
Societies Without Borders
1 (1):
93-111.
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/swb/vol1/iss1/6