Confronta i metodi

	Analisi del Discorso Partecipata	Ricerca-Azione Partecipata (PAR)
Campo	Qualitativo	Qualitativo
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1990s–2000s (consolidated as a named approach)	1940s (Lewin); PAR as distinct tradition formalised ~1970s–1980s
Ideatore	Developed at the intersection of participatory action research (Kurt Lewin, 1940s) and discourse analysis (Foucault, Fairclough, van Dijk, 1980s–1990s)	Kurt Lewin (action research foundations, 1940s); systematised for participatory contexts by Orlando Fals Borda, Paulo Freire, and William Foote Whyte
Tipo	Qualitative research design and analytic approach	Qualitative research method
Fonte seminale	Mohanty, S. P. (2004). The epistemic status of cultural identity: On beloved and the postcolonial condition. In P. Moya & M. Hames-Garcia (Eds.), Reclaiming Identity: Realist Theory and the Predicament of Postmodernism. University of California Press.	Kemmis, S., McTaggart, R., & Nixon, R. (2014). The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research. Springer.
Alias	PDA, collaborative discourse analysis, participatory critical discourse analysis, community-based discourse analysis	PAR, community-based participatory research, collaborative action research, participatory inquiry
Correlati	6	6
Sintesi	Participatory Discourse Analysis (PDA) integrates the collaborative ethos of participatory action research with the language-focused lens of discourse analysis. Community members or research participants are not merely sources of data — they are co-analysts who help collect, interpret, and act on discourse. PDA is used to uncover how language constructs power relations, identities, and social practices within marginalized or under-researched communities, and to translate those findings into concrete change.	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.