How to Do Research for Social Change Projects
Research plays a crucial role in social change projects. Here’s a collection of useful guides to research from Skills You Need, including how to design research projects, gather data and analyse data.
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Research & Archiving
With research skills you can get to know your issues in depth, find out where people stand on those issues, and make a strong evidence-based case for change. Archiving your campaign and organisation materials preserves the story of your collective efforts, so others can learn from social movement history.
Forming Survey Questions
Need to keep the data safe for your research project? Here is a useful data security protocol from the Datacenter for Research Justice.
Data Security Protocols
Need to keep the data safe for your research project? Here is a useful data security protocol from the Datacenter for Research Justice.
Starting Your Research Project Worksheet
Do you need help with your research project? Here is a 2 page template to get you started from the Datacenter for Research Justice.
Research Methodologies Comparison Sheet
Are you running a research project and need to know what research methodology to use? Here is a handy document that runs through the pros and cons of each methodology from DataCenter.
10 things to know about how to influence policy with research
10 tips about how to influence policy with research from the Overseas Development Institute. e.g. what, who, when to influence, politics, networks, etc.
Get archiving! Archivist Activist Backpacks, Hackathons and Other Ideas
A list of ideas for activists to archive their movements & moments including archivist activist backpacks, hackathons, collaborations, crowdsourcing archives.
Tips and tools for archiving video and social media
Grab it before it’s gone! With the ephemeral nature of platforms you may want to think about archiving your social media and videos now.
Documenting Social Change in Australia: A List of Archives at your Fingertips
A list of mainly electronic archives that document social change in Australia. e.g Aboriginal History Archive, Women’s Web, Radical Times Archive, etc.
Crowdsource your archives: 3 examples of community-based approaches
There has been a shift from institutional to participatory archives – communities rising up and documenting their own histories. Here are 3 examples of how communities are speaking their own truths.