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Imagining Participatory Action Research in Collaboration with Children: an Introduction

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Many thanks to Meg Bond, who served as our Senior Editor for this special issue, and to the UCSC Community Psychology Research and Action Team, who carefully read over and offered comments on an earlier version of this manuscript.

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    Regina Day Langhout

  2. University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, USA

    Elizabeth Thomas

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Langhout, R.D., Thomas, E. Imagining Participatory Action Research in Collaboration with Children: an Introduction. Am J Community Psychol 46, 60–66 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-010-9321-1

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