Comparer des méthodes

	Analyse documentaire participative	Recherche-action participative (RAP)
Domaine	Qualitatif	Qualitatif
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1940s–2000s (synthesis of participatory tradition and systematic document analysis)	1940s (Lewin); PAR as distinct tradition formalised ~1970s–1980s
Auteur d'origine	Rooted in participatory action research (Kurt Lewin, 1940s); document analysis formalized by Glenn Bowen (2009)	Kurt Lewin (action research foundations, 1940s); systematised for participatory contexts by Orlando Fals Borda, Paulo Freire, and William Foote Whyte
Type	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
Source fondatrice	Bowen, G. A. (2009). Document analysis as a qualitative research method. Qualitative Research Journal, 9(2), 27–40.	Kemmis, S., McTaggart, R., & Nixon, R. (2014). The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research. Springer.
Alias	PDA, collaborative document analysis, participatory archival analysis, community-based document analysis	PAR, community-based participatory research, collaborative action research, participatory inquiry
Apparentées	4	6
Résumé	Participatory Document Analysis is a qualitative research approach that systematically examines existing documents — such as policy records, reports, correspondence, and community archives — while actively involving community members or stakeholders as co-researchers in the selection, interpretation, and meaning-making processes. It merges the rigor of established document analysis techniques with the democratic ethos of participatory action research, ensuring that those most affected by the documents have voice in shaping what those documents mean.	Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a qualitative, community-centred methodology in which researchers and community members collaborate as co-investigators to identify a shared problem, take deliberate action, observe outcomes, and reflect critically on results — cycling iteratively until meaningful change is achieved. Unlike conventional research that studies people from the outside, PAR treats participants as active agents who co-own the research process, the knowledge produced, and the practical interventions that follow.