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Community Asset Mapping as a Method to Foster Social Inclusion

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To stimulate active participation and inclusion of community members, research has to disrupt orthodox approaches and methods that are embedded in exclusionary practices. Community asset mapping (CAM), which is embedded within a community-engaged participatory action research approach (CEPAR), embodies social inclusion and a humanizing ethos. CEPAR and CAM embrace the ethic of inclusivity, indigeneity, and reflexivity, unsilence and affirm subaltern voices, mobilize assets and capacities, and address epistemic and social justice, the plurality of knowledge, including cultural and spiritual diversity, as well as liberatory and sustainable praxis. This chapter will focus on a case study to reflect on the use of CEPAR and CAM to foster social inclusion when conducting research in a disenfranchised community in the Strand, Western Cape, South Africa.

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  1. Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa; South African Medical Research Council, Masculinity and Health Research Unit, University of South Africa (SAMRC-UNISA), Cape Town, South Africa

    Naiema Taliep, Samed Bulbulia & Ghouwa Ismail

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Taliep, N., Bulbulia, S., Ismail, G. (2021). Community Asset Mapping as a Method to Foster Social Inclusion. In: Liamputtong, P. (eds) Handbook of Social Inclusion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48277-0_66-1

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