The world café is an unmethod within co-produced research

Monforte, Javier; Netherway, Jake; Smith, Brett

doi:10.1080/14780887.2023.2239728

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“…The promises and limitations of participatory methodologies in decolonising fire science were also discussed in the first two workshops [56]. Critiques of the "participation" paradigm include the ways in which attempts to retrieve the voice of "the other" can inscribe false dichotomies between local or Indigenous knowledge versus scientific or Western knowledge [57][58][59]. Similarly, it was acknowledged how participatory processes are imbued with power relations between researchers and participants and between participants [43,60,61].…”

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Decolonising Fire Science by Reexamining Fire Management across Contested Landscapes: A Workshop Approach

Croker,

Ford,

Kountouris

et al. 2024

Fire

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In many landscapes worldwide, fire regimes and human–fire interactions were reorganised by colonialism and continue to be shaped by neo-colonial processes. The introduction of fire suppression policies and state-centric property-rights systems across conservation areas and the intentional erasure of Indigenous governance systems and knowledge have served to decouple Indigenous fire-dependent communities from culturally mediated fire regimes and fire-adapted landscapes. This has driven a decline in anthropogenic fires while simultaneously increasing wildfire risk where Indigenous people have been excluded, resulting in widespread social–ecological vulnerabilities. Much contemporary fire research also bears colonial legacies in its epistemological traditions, in the global geographical distribution of research institutions, and the accessibility of research outputs. We report on a two-day workshop titled ‘Fire Management Across Contested Landscapes’ convened concurrently in Nairobi, Kenya, and London, UK. The workshop formed part of a series of workshops on ‘Decolonising Fire Science’ held by the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, UK. The workshop in Nairobi invited diverse Kenyan stakeholders to engage in participatory activities that facilitate knowledge sharing, aiming to establish an inclusive working fire network. Activities included rich pictures, world café discussions, participatory art, and the co-development of a declaration to guide fire management in Kenya. Meanwhile, in London, Leverhulme Wildfires researchers explored participatory research methodologies including rich pictures and participatory video, and developed a declaration to guide more equitable research. There were opportunities throughout the workshop for participants in Nairobi and London to engage in dialogue with one another, sharing their experiences and understandings of complex fire challenges in Kenya and globally.

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