This paper draws on the lessons learned from the [in]visible project, a community-based research partnership that aimed to learn more about the experiences of women, without children in their care, who experience chronic homelessness in Hamilton, Ontario. Through involving 70 women as participants, we used narrative and arts-based research methods to learn about the experiences and housing needs of this population. The purpose of the [in]visible project was to involve women in identifying gaps in housing services and generate recommendations on how permanent housing for women should be developed. This paper demonstrates how the participation of the women in three distinct data analysis activities including arts-based think tanks, participatory theorizing, and the creation of a conference workshop supported the participation of women at all stages of the data analysis process. This paper contributes to limited scholarship on participatory data analysis by presenting pragmatic and low-barrier ways of ensuring the findings and the direction of advocacy efforts reflect the social justice and change priorities of the women involved.

本文借鉴了从[in]项目中获得的教训，该项目是一个基于社区的研究合作伙伴关系，旨在进一步了解在安大略省汉密尔顿市遭受长期无家可归的，没有孩子照顾的妇女的经历。通过让70名妇女作为参与者，我们使用叙事和基于艺术的研究方法来了解该人群的经验和住房需求。[无形]项目的目的是让妇女参与确定住房服务方面的差距，并就应如何发展妇女永久住房提出建议。本文展示了妇女如何参与三项不同的数据分析活动，包括基于艺术的智囊团，参与式理论研究，举办会议讲习班，使妇女参与了数据分析过程的所有阶段。本文通过提出务实且低障碍的方法来确保参与研究数据的研究的局限性，以确保研究结果和倡导工作的方向能够反映出所涉妇女的社会正义和变革重点。