Linked and Situated: Grounded Knowledge

Ashwood, Loka; Harden, Noelle; Bell, Michael; Bland, William L.

doi:10.1111/ruso.12042

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“…Recent studies concur with our reflections that there is a need to be familiar with the context, to gain insights on what works where (Byrne 2013), producing grounded knowledge, rather than generalizable knowledge (Ashwood et al 2014, Popa et al 2015. Being familiar with the context helps the project to fit within a "policy window," i.e., an opportunity for decision making, to interpret, apply, and champion the outcomes of the participatory process (Triste et al 2014, Grêt-Regamey et al 2017.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

Participatory identification and selection of ecosystem services: building on field experiences

Boeraeve¹,

Dufrêne²,

Vreese³

et al. 2018

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The concept of ecosystem services (ESs) has become a popular tool for science that aims to support decision making for sustainable management of natural resources. With the aim to integrate nature's diverse values in decisions and to reach effective actions, it is recommended that valuations begin with a participatory identification of the most relevant ESs to be included in the assessment. Despite being a crucial step directly influencing decision making, experiences of researchers with real-life applications are seldom reported. Our aim is to advance the organization and implementation of participatory ES identification and selection by providing a self-reflective description and discussion of 5 case studies (CSs). A self-evaluation workshop was organized among the researchers involved in the CSs to gather factors of success and failure encountered throughout the process. From this reflection, we suggest a list of 11 recommendations. We use a wide range of the literature on participatory research evaluation to guide our reflection and demonstrate the relevance of participatory science to the field of ESs. Reflexivity proved to be an essential aspect of sharing lessons learned and advancing methodology toward real-life impact.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

Participatory identification and selection of ecosystem services: building on field experiences

Boeraeve¹,

Dufrêne²,

Vreese³

et al. 2018

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“…This may reduce the likelihood experts threaten laypeople's identities or power and allow them to respond quickly if they do. Relationships may also increase people's abilities to situate and link their knowledge (Ashwood et al 2014), as they get to know the context of one another's lives over time. Future research should explore how, specifically, relationships facilitate knowledge exchange, and in what circumstances relationships fail to facilitate knowledge exchange.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Collaboration between laypeople and experts requires all parties to practice reflexivity, situating their own knowledge in their experiences and finding links to others' knowledge situated in others' experiences (Ashwood et al 2014). An unquestioning belief that one's own knowledge and way of knowing is the truth and all others are wrong prevents one from communicating effectively with those who do not share one's positionality (Ashwood et al 2014; Irwin 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Cows May Safely Graze: Placing Expert‐Lay Relationships at the Center of Overcoming the Expert‐Lay Knowledge Divide*

Richardson

2022

Rural Sociology

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Many scholars agree that both expert and lay knowledge are needed to gain a fuller understanding of environmental problems, both to find answers to the problems and to improve relations between experts and laypeople. When experts ignore lay knowledge, laypeople can resist by accusing experts of arrogance or conspiracy. Rural people who live among large carnivores like wolves and grizzly bears sometimes distrust expert knowledge or even promulgate conspiracy theories. One's knowledge is inextricably linked with one's identity and social relationships. In this ethnographic study, I examine how a Montana-based non-profit, Blackfoot Challenge (BC), facilitates the exchange of knowledge between experts and laypeople for carnivore management. Nurturing expert-lay relationships is one strategy that BC uses in concert with two others to bridge the expert-lay knowledge divide: facilitating learning experiences and relying on intermediaries. Knowledge exchanged within expert relationships allows experts to better understand the needs of laypeople and adapt their work to meet those needs while also disseminating expert knowledge to laypeople in a way that earns their trust. The trust built within expert-lay relationships facilitates the exchange of knowledge, but the way experts and laypeople exchange knowledge also builds trust.

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“…Local and non-local knowledges develop in different contexts and are often communicated through language specific to each group (Brown 2010). Understanding these different languages and what knowledge is valued is one important step towards effective communication (Brown 2010;Ashwood et al 2014). Both local and non-local communities need to accept and respect differing viewpoints.…”

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A call for collaboration: linking local and non-local rangeland communities to build resilience

Phelps¹,

Kelly

2020

Rangel. J.

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The people who live in Australia's rangelands are vital for maintaining natural systems, agricultural production, infrastructure for tourism and many services and products which benefit the nation. However, the number of people living within many rangeland regions is declining, services are being withdrawn and resilience undermined. Social capital is an important concept within the resilience literature. Bonding social capital is based strong ties within relatively homogenous local groups, bridging social capital is based on ties between more diverse local groups and linking social capital is based on ties between local and external groups. Within the rangelands, there are often strong bonding and bridging social capitals based on internal social and formal connections, but gaps in linking social capital due to weak or imbalanced connections with external groups and organisations. There is evidence that all three social capitals are needed for regional resilience, and the gap in linking is thus a key issue. People who live outside the rangelands can help rebuild this resilience by linking their skills, knowledge and expertise with local groups and communities. Many city-based scientists, policy makers, influencers and other professionals work in and have empathy for the rangelands. By connecting meaningfully with local groups such as Landcare, service clubs, philanthropic groups or Indigenous Rangers, they would find many benefits to their own endeavours through improved policies, knowledge and service delivery. Central-western Queensland is provided as an example where many such mutual benefits and networks already exist, offering pathways for linking local residents with external experts. Current platforms offer opportunities for a greater range of external academic institutions and organisations to engage with locals, with everyone standing to gain.

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Linked and Situated: Grounded Knowledge

Cited by 24 publications

References 48 publications

Participatory identification and selection of ecosystem services: building on field experiences

Participatory identification and selection of ecosystem services: building on field experiences

The Cows May Safely Graze: Placing Expert‐Lay Relationships at the Center of Overcoming the Expert‐Lay Knowledge Divide*

A call for collaboration: linking local and non-local rangeland communities to build resilience

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