La recherche transdisciplinaire au sein des institutions d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche

Hermesse, Julie; Vankeerberghen, Audrey

doi:10.1051/nss/2021006

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“…However, the development of alternative food initiatives that seek to catalyse societal transformation would require new modes of inclusive and solutions-oriented research (Gernert et al, 2018). Participatory action research (PAR) and transdisciplinary research, are two such ways of doing research, which although distinct in their origins and epistemological foundations, share many common points and have been used in the context of alternative food initiatives (Hermesse and Vankeerberghen, 2020).…”

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Co-creative research for transitioning toward a fair and sustainable agri-food system in Brussels, Belgium

Hermesse

Vankeerberghen²,

Lohest³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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After decades of urbanization and agricultural industrialization, the relationships between cities and their agri-food systems have been profoundly transformed, especially in developed countries. To make agri-food systems more sustainable the pressing need to rethink food-related practices in cities has received momentum in the past 20 years across many European cities. Transdisciplinary and participatory research can generate knowledge and promising solutions to facilitate the transition of urban agri-food systems. This article highlights the contributions of six research projects driven by the notion of “co-creation” research for urban agri-food system transition, using Brussels as the research context (program “Co-Create”). The article outlines the main research foci and characteristics of the six “Co-Create” projects funded by this call, how they are embedded in the broader dynamics and initiatives of Brussels, and the theoretical foundations of the notion of “co-creation” research that sits at the intersection of transdisciplinary and participatory action research. Subsequently the paper illustrates how the six Co-Create project brought together different actors in Brussels including researchers, citizens, associations, and government agencies, that were united with a shared awareness of the need for change of the city's agri-food system. The six research consortia targeted different issues across three aspects of the agri-food system: agricultural production in urban areas, food distribution and marketing, and accessibility and democratization of sustainable food. We critically reflect on some common insights generated by the six projects, and particularly (a) a series of recommendations that were drafted for public authorities and called for the acceleration and strengthening of efforts for urgent changes in the agri-food system of Brussels, and (b) findings that address the epistemological and methodological strengths and limitations of conducting co-creative research processes to facilitate agri-food system transition. We also discuss how the Co-Create projects might have created a historical momentum that has encouraged the placing of the transition of agri-food systems on the political agenda of Brussels, and by identifying future challenges for agri-food system transitions in Belgium.

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Co-creative research for transitioning toward a fair and sustainable agri-food system in Brussels, Belgium

Hermesse

Vankeerberghen²,

Lohest³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…An increasing number of authors and stakeholders consider that TD should be practiced and taught far more broadly (OECD, 2020). However, to date, the institutionalization of TD has been strongly limited, partly because of path dependencies related to the dominant disciplinary knowledge production regime (Hubert et al, 2013;Hermesse and Vankeerberghen, 2020). Additionally, internal contradictions might have prevented an extensive upscaling of TD.…”

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Transdisciplinarity in Japan: insights from the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto

Rigolot

2021

Nat. Sci. Soc.

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To date, most debates about transdisciplinarity (TD) have been dominated by Western institutions. This paper proposes insights from the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan, from an investigation as a visiting scientist. After describing its unique project-based organization, I first show that the development of TD at RIHN faces some common challenges, such as TD evaluation, education and upscaling (beyond local contexts). Yet, collaborations with stakeholders have also unique specificities (importance of the group, rigidity of institutions, different ways of interacting…). Moreover, most RIHN researchers claim to have a particularly practical approach to TD. At the level of the whole institute, RIHN gives a strong emphasis on the premise that environmental problems are rooted in human cultures and values. RIHN also develops a specific approach to scales, in which Asia serves as a nodal point between the local and global (‘Asia vision’). We suggest that RIHN’s emphasis on cultural roots and its nodal approach to scale might be themselves rooted in the Japanese culture.

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Tajogaite, « montagne fissurée » et âmes fêlées. Un nouveau souffle après les cendres

Hermesse,

Kempeneers

2023

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Le volcan Tajogaite de Cumbre Vieja est entré en éruption le 19 septembre 2021 sur l’île de La Palma dans les Canaries. Son éruption a reconfiguré le territoire de l’île, impactant de manière fulgurante les biens immobiliers et les terres agricoles. Aux effondrements et la perte de nombreux lieux de vie se conjuguent des deuils pour les insulaires qui ne peuvent être répertoriés de manière tangible. Cet article est le fruit d’un travail de terrain mené de manière conjointe et transdisciplinaire par une artiste et une anthropologue. L’espace-temps liminaire de basculement est analysé au travers d’une collecte de témoignages réalisée sur l’île. Force est de constater que, deux ans plus tard, l’île endeuillée des pertes se redresse, ce qui permet ainsi d’interroger les notions de cocréations et de résilience. Opérant un détour par l’histoire volcanique de La Palma et l’histoire guanche précoloniale, cet article témoigne de l’ambivalence de cette page d’histoire contemporaine palmera : une histoire « fissurée » par l’éruption de 2021, à l’image de la dénomination actuelle du volcan, mais aussi une histoire d’autodétermination dont font preuve les populations locales.

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La recherche transdisciplinaire au sein des institutions d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche

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Co-creative research for transitioning toward a fair and sustainable agri-food system in Brussels, Belgium

Co-creative research for transitioning toward a fair and sustainable agri-food system in Brussels, Belgium

Transdisciplinarity in Japan: insights from the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto

Tajogaite, « montagne fissurée » et âmes fêlées. Un nouveau souffle après les cendres

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