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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Knowledge Co-production"”.
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Cultural reciprocity in deep knowledge co-production
My approach to completing this PhD by publication did not follow a standard process and as such the thesis has a different structure. This is related in part to my circumstances and the length of time to conclude this thesis, the evolving nature of my research projects, and the movement of …
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Co-producing Environmental Knowledge with Community Stakeholders
To generate robust and integrated solutions to complex sustainability problems requires the co-production of environmental knowledge. Co-production focuses on the socio-ecological contexts and knowledge forms of diverse actors in iterative dialogue to collectively generate new knowledge and …
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Visual Anthropological Methods in Earthquake Risk Communication: A Transdisciplinary Approach
Increases in disaster losses, in combination with emerging cascading crises, are provoking a fundamental rethinking of prevailing disaster risk reduction measures, including risk communication principles and practices. The resulting paradigm shift towards participation, action, and prevention is …
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Take It From the Top Video Project: Northern Perspectives on the North, the South and Newcomers To Their Land
… imagination, in particular in the development of colonial and Southern (Western) power. Through a process of co-research and community-based video making, the researcher and student researchers made several group and individual video projects investigating the North, to reclaim, celebrate and …
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Knowledge Controversies and Renewable Energy Transition: Exploring Science and Policy Debates
This dissertation explores controversies arising from policies to promote a transition to greater reliance on wind and solar power in Ontario, Canada. Drawing on conceptual frameworks from science and technology studies (STS), human geography and socio-technical transition studies, it provides new …
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Stories from adults stolen as babies during Argentina's last dictatorship (1976-1983): a narrative inquiry into identity restitution
This narrative inquiry explores the complex psychological, socio-political and relational processes involved in Identity Restitution as experienced by three individuals who, unaware they had been stolen as babies by the last Argentinean dictatorship, were found in subsequent decades as adults. …
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Challenges of Transformative Adaptation: Insights from Flood Risk Management
… suggests that adaptation will form a key component of successfully responding to climate change risks. Discussions surrounding adaptation have, until recently, placed emphasis on incremental change as a means of dealing with climate risks. However, increased attention is now being paid to …
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Contesting transdisciplinary climate knowledge: a decolonial perspective on the FRACTAL project in Windhoek, Namibia
… propagated transdisciplinary approaches in knowledge production. These new modes of knowledge production seek to deconstruct universalist principles and epistemic authorities from positivist research approaches. The potential of replicating existing power dynamics into these …
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Narrative Justice: Lessons and Practices from the Lippitt Hill Critical Oral History Project
… the Lippitt Hill Critical Oral History Project (COHP). Led by Dannie Ritchie, MD, MPH, and scholar-activists committed to the East Side/Lippitt Hill community of Providence, Rhode Island, our work foregrounds the joy and resistance of Black East Siders in the face of federal, state, and …
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Exploring the factors and actors that contribute to the co-production of climate adaptation plans: a comparison of three municipalities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
… underlying institutional, political and social conditions are that cause these factors to arise. This dissertation adopts a placebased perspective to comparatively analyse the adaptation planning processes that were undertaken in the Bergrivier, Drakenstein and Eden Municipalities between 2012 …
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Knowledge Integration in Convergence Research: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
Convergence research has gained traction as an approach to address complex societal and environmental challenges by integrating diverse forms of knowledge across disciplines and sectors. We know relatively little about how such integration is defined, structured, and enacted in practice. This …
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Urban climate adaptation as a process of organisational decision making
… that is increasingly urbanised, cities are recognised as critical sites for tackling problems of climate change, both by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing the impacts of changing climate conditions. Unlike climate change mitigation, adaptation does not have one clear, commonly …
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(Re)framing sustainable transitions: perspectives from a city in the global South
This study analyses the conditions under which socio-technical systems transition to more sustainable configurations. It does so through an exploration of the City of Cape Town’s electricity distribution arrangements. This investigation is situated within debates on sustainable socio-technical …
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Enhancing integration of local food systems into spatial planning in Lusaka, Zambia.
Most sub-Saharan African cities face a lack of cogent integration and consideration of food systems (FS) in spatial planning. This has exacerbated the ongoing food insecurity in urban regions. This exigent situation calls for the integration of food systems into spatial planning. In Zambia, the …
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Enhancing integration of local food systems into spatial planning in Lusaka, Zambia.
Most sub-Saharan African cities face a lack of cogent integration and consideration of food systems (FS) in spatial planning. This has exacerbated the ongoing food insecurity in urban regions. This exigent situation calls for the integration of food systems into spatial planning. In Zambia, the …
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Discontent with the weight-centred health paradigm: A critical examination of the charge against 'obesity'
… of prevailing anti-obesity efforts. Within this context, the weight-centred health paradigm (WCHP) – the framework for conceptualising health which prioritises maintaining a ‘healthy’ weight – has been criticised for perpetuating, rather than alleviating, health and social justice challenges. …