Cowards Don't Make History: Orlando Fals Borda and the Origins of Participatory Action Research

by Joanne Rappaport

Book Overview

In the early 1970s, a group of Colombian intellectuals led by the pioneering sociologist Orlando Fals Borda created a research-activist collective called La Rosca de Investigaci n y Acci n Social (Circle of Research and Social Action). Combining sociological and historical research with a firm commitment to grassroots social movements, Fals Borda and his colleagues collaborated with indigenous and peasant organizations throughout Colombia. In Cowards...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478011017
• ISBN13: 9781478011019
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"