Comparer des méthodes

	Étude de cas unique participative	Recherche-action participative (RAP)
Domaine	Qualitatif	Qualitatif
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	Emerged as a distinct variant in the 1990s–2000s	1940s (Lewin); PAR as distinct tradition formalised ~1970s–1980s
Auteur d'origine	Draws on Robert K. Yin (case study methodology) and Kurt Lewin / Orlando Fals-Borda (participatory research tradition)	Kurt Lewin (action research foundations, 1940s); systematised for participatory contexts by Orlando Fals Borda, Paulo Freire, and William Foote Whyte
Type	Qualitative case study design with participatory orientation	Qualitative research method
Source fondatrice	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Kemmis, S., McTaggart, R., & Nixon, R. (2014). The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research. Springer.
Alias	participatory case study, collaborative single case study, community-engaged case study, PSCS	PAR, community-based participatory research, collaborative action research, participatory inquiry
Apparentées	5	6
Résumé	A participatory single case study is a qualitative design that examines one bounded case in depth while actively involving community members, practitioners, or participants as co-researchers throughout the inquiry. It blends Yin's case study rigor — triangulated evidence, thick description of context — with participatory action research values of collaboration, equity, and action. The result is both a rich, contextual understanding of the case and a knowledge-building process that serves the people within it.	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.