Too often youth from vulnerable communities see themselves talked about in academic research, but are rarely involved as co-researchers or co-authors of research. The purpose of this article is to share our reflections on engaging youth, their experiences and their perspectives on the multi-levels of impact of participatory action research methodologies, such as community-based action research or youth participatory action research. This article discusses more broadly how our participatory methodologies have impacted our co-researchers and ourselves. In it, we provide additional details about our past research projects, as well as theorizing those details in terms of how critical theory serves as a tool within participatory methodologies. We reflect on the experiences engaging participatory methodologies in two different contexts and examine the collective impacts, comparing and contrasting the findings. We draw on our field research: one researcher worked with co-researchers from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, and the other worked alongside youth co-researchers from an alternative secondary school in the USA. Two of our co-authors are also co-researchers, and they offer a deeper insight into how these methodologies impacted their lives.

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参与式行动研究和共同研究作为将青年知识置于研究中心的工具

来自弱势社区的青年经常在学术研究中谈论自己，但很少作为共同研究人员或研究的共同作者参与其中。本文的目的是分享我们对让青年参与的思考、他们的经验以及他们对参与式行动研究方法（例如基于社区的行动研究或青年参与式行动研究）的多层次影响的看法。本文更广泛地讨论了我们的参与式方法如何影响我们的共同研究人员和我们自己。在其中，我们提供了有关我们过去研究项目的更多详细信息，并根据批判性理论如何在参与式方法中充当工具来对这些细节进行理论化。我们反思在两种不同背景下采用参与式方法的经验，并检查集体影响，比较和对比调查结果。我们利用我们的实地研究：一位研究人员与来自肯尼亚 Kakuma 难民营的联合研究人员一起工作，另一位与来自美国另类中学的青年联合研究人员一起工作。我们的两位合著者也是共同研究员，他们对这些方法如何影响他们的生活提供了更深入的见解。