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Question: Halo! My name is Sara and I am a project coordinator for the Mayan LAB www.mayanlab.com project in Guatemala. We are travelling to Guatemala on the 1st of March to conduct extensive research int he community of Tz'utujil Mayan People and Kiche Maya. As the case is based in a developing country and our community is prosecuted and abused post genocide- indigenous community of Guatemala, threatened by culture distinction, should we take some other, different aspects of research and community assessment into consideration, outside of the toolbox provided on your page?

I am looking forwards to hear from you more,

Regards

Sara
Answer: Hi Sara, Thanks for your question, and congratulations on your extremely important work! You might consider the framework of Community Based Participatory Research, including the involvement of community members in designing and conducting the research and the work you carry out. You may already have local contacts that champion your cause, however it may be possible to locate others who can serve as co-researchers and partners. We'd love to help you more, so if this response does not answer all of your questions or meet all of your needs, please submit again and provide more details about what your project may be missing. Thank you so much and good luck!
Question Date: Fri, 02/07/2014