Knowledge and Power in Collaborative Research

Phillips, Louise Jane; Kristiansen, Marianne; Vehviläinen, Marja; Gunnarsson, Ewa

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“…The assumptive displacement of distributed research, and associated knowledge exchange, is that these cultures no longer remain the province of the university in the former (inquiry) or the field in the latter (receptivity). Importantly, in knowledgemaking and practice construction within a reflexive exchange metaphor, both the university and the field are engaged in both inquiry and receptivity (May & Perry, 2011;Phillips et al, 2013).…”

Section: Reforming Internal Knowledge Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Practice Research Collaboration in Social Work

Jones

2014

Research on Social Work Practice

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This article explores a particular approach to developing practice research collaboration between universities and field agencies. The significance of metaphor in framing knowledge relationships is examined and in particular the contribution of reflexive knowledge exchange as a generative metaphor for collaboration. In positing practice research as a social practice, social, cultural, and political dimensions of knowledge exchange are emphasized. Illustrated through a specific site in Australia, the analysis highlights the importance of reflexive knowledge work within universities as a foundation for productive and innovative engagement with field agencies, suited to conditions of uncertainty and complexity. Keywords knowledge exchange, metaphor, practice research collaboration, reflexiveThis article examines the significance of metaphor for practice research and provides an exploratory study of the use of reflexive knowledge exchange as a generative metaphor for collaboration between university and field. The proposition is pursued that, for practice research collaboration to flourish, attention has to be paid to the institutional settings and relations of knowledge production. Having explained ideas of exchange and reflexivity, the discussion turns to related change processes within a particular university to illustrate the work to be done in laying foundations for successful and innovative collaboration with the field. This is followed by specific examples of the diverse forms of practice research endeavor that can then be realized. The discussion concludes with a consideration of the prospects for sustaining this form of collaborative knowledge work into the future. Investigating the use of a particular metaphorical construct in a site in Australia, it is argued that, while the challenges may be substantial, reflexive knowledge exchange offers a valuable approach worthy of further development and formal evaluation. This article is presented in an authorial voice consistent with the experiential basis of the analysis, constructed with reference to a diversity of literatures that address the social structuring of practice research collaboration.

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Section: Reforming Internal Knowledge Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Practice Research Collaboration in Social Work

Jones

2014

Research on Social Work Practice

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“…In Sweden, guided by the purpose of providing relevant knowledge for regional development, regional research and development environments were then established. Theoretically, Scandinavian researchers are providing groundbreaking contributions in terms of conceptualising experience-related knowledge combining classical traditions, such as pragmatism and critical theory, with constructivist perspectives (Paulshaugen 2006) in 'opening up' such core concepts as dialogue in the context of research (Kristiansen and Bloch-Paulsen 2005); in problematising the power relations in research practice (Phillips et al 2012). This theoretical creativity and methodological rigour originates, not least from being open to learning from practice.…”

Section: The Scandinavian Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Large-scale projects (Fricke 2011) were developed that have produced a highly qualified school of thought which pursues the values of dialogue, participation, social justice and involvement which reaches into other fields. The recent collective book Knowledge and Power in Collaborative Research (Phillips et al 2012) presents a picture of the variety and density of practices and reflections on participatory methodologies, even if not necessarily related to action or participatory research.…”

Section: The Scandinavian Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge and transformative social action: the encounter of selected traditions of participatory (action) research

Streck

2014

Globalisation, Societies and Education

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“…Also in the field of urban planning, Arnstein (1969: 216), in her seminal article 'A ladder of citizen participation', links participation explicitly to power, saying 'that citizen participation is a categorical term for citizen power'. The distinction between engagement as attitude, and engagement as practice, allows incorporating a multitude of usages to stimulate social engagement, whether it is, for instance, focused on communicational activities aimed at the generation of trust and cohesion, or whether it is allowing citizens to participate in policy development through, for instance, online citizen conferences (Phillips et al 2012) or participatory budgeting (Shah 2007). The typology focuses on the practices of CSOs to enhance social engagement, but these practices can still be aimed at the enhancement of engagement as attitude, or the enhancement of engagement as practice.…”

Section: Setting the Scene: Three Delineative Conceptsmentioning

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Moving from potentiality to diversity: A typology of Belgian civil society’s online media practices to enhance social engagement

Carpentier

2014

Interactions: Studies in Communication &Amp; Culture

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Moving from potentiality to diversity: a typology of Belgian civil society's online media practices to enhance social engagement aBstract The article presents a recently developed typology of the diversity of online media practices in and by Belgian civil society organizations (CSOs) to enhance social engagement. Framed by the ambition to move away from utopian (and dystopian) discourses of certainty and potentiality, the article's objective is to access the enormous diversity of ways the online is put to use, without imposing normative expectations about, for instance, participatory intensities. To generate this overview, the structuring logic of the typology is used, despite the loss of detail and nuance caused by the use of this bird's-eye view-generating method. The construction of this particular typology took place in different iterative phases, each with its own methodological approach. These were a theoretical phase, a case study phase and a CSO survey phase. Through these iterations, a two-dimensional typology was constructed, grounded in the distinctions between internal, internal-external and external use, and between access, interaction and participation. Showing the vast diversity of Keywords civil society online media engagement typology access interaction participation utopianismIntellect is an independent academic publisher of books and journals, to view our catalogue or order our titles visit

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Knowledge and Power in Collaborative Research

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Practice Research Collaboration in Social Work

Practice Research Collaboration in Social Work

Knowledge and transformative social action: the encounter of selected traditions of participatory (action) research

Moving from potentiality to diversity: A typology of Belgian civil society’s online media practices to enhance social engagement

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