Breaking monologues in collaborative research: bridging knowledge systems through a listening-based dialogue of wisdom approach

AbstractThe urgent need to address the sustainability issues of the Anthropocene requires a dialogue capable of bridging different knowledge systems, values, and interests. This dialogue is considered one of the most crucial challenges in collaborative research approaches. With this research, we seek to break with monologues in collaborative research by offering a decolonising methodological approach that combines the notion of dialogue of wisdom, communication theories and ethical principles of Andean philosophy. The methodological framework, the circle of dialogue of wisdom, is the result of an iterative action–reflection process developed in a North–South collaborative research project for territorial planning in Bolivia. Our praxis confirms the potentials offered by a listening-based dialogue for (i) dealing with knowledge–power relations in collaborative research projects, (ii) promoting mutual learning and knowledge co-creation between different knowledge systems, (iii) re-valuating local and Indigenous knowledge, and (iv) decolonising the society–science–policy dialogue.

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Walking Together: Ways of Collaboration in Western-Indigenous Research on Footprints

Reading Prehistoric Human Tracks ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-60406-6_22 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 413-436

Author(s):

Hannah Zwischenberger

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Knowledge ◽

Analytical Methods ◽

Collaborative Research ◽

Knowledge Systems ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Research Projects ◽

Practical Action ◽

Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽

Interview Guide ◽

Indigenous Methods

AbstractA combination of western analytical methods with experience-based indigenous methods of tracking can be a chance to get closer to individuals of past times. In such collaborative research projects, different western and indigenous knowledge systems meet. These are characterized in more detail below. This chapter examines the question of how respectful and mutually beneficial cooperation is possible against the background of different epistemologies. Recommendations for practical action in collaborative projects are summarized in an ethics guide and an interview guide, and alternative forms of writing and publication are proposed.

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Addressing Problems beyond Heritage, Patrimony, and Representation: Reflections on Twenty Years of Community Archaeology in the Southwestern Maya Lowlands

Heritage ◽

10.3390/heritage3030033 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 561-586 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Brent K.S. Woodfill ◽

Alexander E. Rivas

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Collaborative Research ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Community Archaeology ◽

Research Projects ◽

Maya Lowlands ◽

Community Stakeholders ◽

Wide Range ◽

History Of

Collaborative or community archaeology as a methodological approach has a long history and is becoming increasingly common in the Maya world. This article draws from the authors’ experiences on three distinct archaeological projects to discuss the benefits and obstacles we confronted while conducting collaborative research with contemporary Maya communities as well as lessons we learned that can increase the odds of a mutually beneficial partnership. After summarizing the history of the research projects and the expectations for and contributions of the scientific and community stakeholders, we propose several characteristics that were particularly helpful. These include the need for all parties to engage in sincere and sustained dialogue, to be flexible, and to take others in account when making any plans that affect them. Most importantly, we urge archaeologists to collaborate with community endeavors beyond those that are directly related to their research, offering a few examples of how archaeological skills, equipment, and social capital can be used to address a wide range of local concerns beyond patrimony and heritage.

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Colaboração: uma ação para legitimar as pesquisas da própria prática de professores de matemática

Cadernos Cenpec | Nova série ◽

10.18676/cadernoscenpec.v8i1.387 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Patrícia Sandalo Pereira ◽

Edinalva Teixeira da Cruz Sakai ◽

Kely Fabrícia Pereira Nogueira

Keyword(s):

Mathematics Education ◽

Mathematics Teachers ◽

Collaborative Research ◽

Research Collaboration ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Practice Research ◽

Methodological Framework ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

Investigation Process

Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar uma síntese da estrutura teórico-metodológica que sustenta as dissertações e as teses produzidas entre 2001 e 2016, envolvendo a pesquisa da própria prática, e que possuem a colaboração como uma das ações para a legitimação do processo investigativo. O caminhar metodológico possui características da pesquisa colaborativa, com o subsídio dos estudos bibliográficos. A análise dos dados revelou que, embora o termo “própria prática” esteja presente nas pesquisas, ainda são poucas as produções nas quais as ações para a legitimação do processo configuram-se como colaboração.Palavras-chaveEducação matemática. Pesquisa da própria prática. Colaboração. Collaboration: An Action to Legitimize Research by Mathematics Teachers on Their Own PracticeAbstractThis article aims to summarize the theoretical and methodological framework of dissertations and theses produced between 2001 and 2016 which involve research of own practice and include collaboration as one of the actions that legitimize the investigation process. Our methodological approach has characteristics of collaborative research and relies on of bibliographic studies. By analyzing data, we found that although the term “own practice” appears in research, few studies actually use collaboration as an action to legitimize the process.KeywordsMathematics education. Own practice research. Collaboration. Colaboración: una acción para legitimar las investigaciones de la propia práctica de los profesores de matemáticas ResumenEste artículo tiene como objetivo presentar una síntesis de la estructura teórico-metodológica que fundamenta las disertaciones y las tesis producidas entre 2001 y 2016, relacionadas con la investigación de la propia práctica, en las cuales la colaboración se constituye como una de las acciones para legitimar el proceso investigativo. El caminar metodológico tiene características de la investigación colaborativa, con el auxilio de los estudios bibliográficos. El análisis de los datos reveló que, aunque el término «propia práctica» esté presente en las investigaciones, aún hay pocas producciones en las que las acciones para legitimar el proceso se configuren como colaboración.Palabras claveEducación matemática. Investigación de la propia práctica. Colaboración.

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Colonizing Innovation:

Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management ◽

10.33114/adim.2019.01.261 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Abhinav CHATURVEDI ◽

Alf REHN

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Knowledge ◽

Postcolonial Theory ◽

Knowledge Systems ◽

Frugal Innovation ◽

Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽

Management Literature

Innovation is one of the most popular concepts and desired phenomena of contemporary Western capitalism. As such, there is a perennial drive to capture said phenomena, and particularly to find new ways to incite and drive the same. In this text, we analyze one specific tactic through which this is done, namely by the culturally colonial appropriation of indigenous knowledge systems. By looking to how jugaad, a system of frugal innovation in India, has been made into fodder for Western management literature, we argue for the need of a more developed innovation critique, e.g., by looking to postcolonial theory.

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Indigenous Environmental Justice, Knowledge, and Law

Kalfou A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies ◽

10.15367/kf.v5i2.213 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Deborah McGregor

Keyword(s):

Environmental Justice ◽

Indigenous Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Systems ◽

Indigenous Worldviews ◽

Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽

The World ◽

Innovative Approaches

This article aims to introduce a distinct conception of Indigenous environmental justice (IEJ) based on Indigenous legal orders, knowledge systems, and conceptions of justice. This is not to suggest in any way that the existing environmental justice (EJ) scholarship is flawed; in fact, the scholarship and activism around EJ have been central in diagnosing and drawing attention to injustices that occur on a systematic basis everywhere in the world. This article argues instead that such discussions can be expanded by acknowledging that concepts of environmental justice, including distinct legal orders informed by Indigenous knowledge systems, already existed on Turtle Island for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans. It also suggests that environmental justice framed within Indigenous worldviews, ontologies, and epistemologies may make significant contributions to broader EJ scholarship, particularly in relation to extending justice to other beings and entities in Creation. This approach acknowledges ongoing colonialism and emphasizes the need to decolonize in order to advance innovative approaches to IEJ.

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