caa a22 4500 605520267 CHVBK 20210128100734.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11213-015-9344-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11213-015-9344-5 Romm Norma Department of Adult Education and Youth Development, University of South Africa, P.O. Box 392, 0003, Pretoria, South Africa aut Reviewing the Transformative Paradigm: A Critical Systemic and Relational (Indigenous) Lens [Elektronische Daten] [Norma Romm] In this article I re-examine the tenets of the transformative paradigm as explained by Mertens in various publications. Mertens suggests that the transformative paradigm (as she names it) encapsulates the positions of researchers who question positivist/postpositivist- and interpretivist/constructivist-oriented approaches, which to date have been ascendant in the field of social research. She argues (following critical theorists) that researchers embracing a transformative paradigm as an alternative explicitly bear social justice issues in mind so that their inquiries become intertwined with a political agenda and are action-oriented towards generating increased fairness in the social fabric. In the article I consider her arguments and I add additional angles to them with reference to a number of authors (including myself) advocating critical systemic thinking-and-practice and advocating Indigenous systemic approaches. I consider some implications of the revised understanding of the transformative paradigm (and its relationship to "other” paradigms) for operating as a researcher. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Transformative paradigm nationallicence Systemic research practice nationallicence Postcolonial Indigenous paradigm nationallicence Action-oriented research nationallicence Active research nationallicence Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/5(2015-10-01), 411-427 1094-429X 28:5<411 2015 28 11213 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-015-9344-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-015-9344-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Romm Norma Department of Adult Education and Youth Development, University of South Africa, P.O. Box 392, 0003, Pretoria, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/5(2015-10-01), 411-427 1094-429X 28:5<411 2015 28 11213