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Critical Currents in Community Service Learning and Community-Based Research: History, Theory and Practice*

Critical Currents in Community Service Learning and Community-Based Research: History, Theory and... Brulle (2000) has noted the failure of the recent literature in critical theory to reflect the commitment of its founders to applying their philosophical and theoretical scholarship to create concrete social change. The authors have taken up the challenge to recover critical theory's “forgotten materialist component” and simultaneously responded to the call to reinvigorate the civic mission of the public university through efforts to integrate critical theory with community service learning and community-based research. The paper discusses historical, philosophical and theoretical issues in this effort and some reflections on our attempt to apply them in practice through the revitalization of the Center for Community Action and Research at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Sociology SAGE

Critical Currents in Community Service Learning and Community-Based Research: History, Theory and Practice*

Cunningham, Ken; Vachta, Kerry E.
Journal of Applied Sociology , Volume os-20 (2): 19 – Sep 1, 2003
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© 2003 Association for Applied Social Science
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0749-0232
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1937-0245
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10.1177/19367244032000202
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Brulle (2000) has noted the failure of the recent literature in critical theory to reflect the commitment of its founders to applying their philosophical and theoretical scholarship to create concrete social change. The authors have taken up the challenge to recover critical theory's “forgotten materialist component” and simultaneously responded to the call to reinvigorate the civic mission of the public university through efforts to integrate critical theory with community service learning and community-based research. The paper discusses historical, philosophical and theoretical issues in this effort and some reflections on our attempt to apply them in practice through the revitalization of the Center for Community Action and Research at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg.

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Published: Sep 1, 2003

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