Engaged Research Global Webinar: Working with Professionals to Develop Skills–Integrating
Academic and Endogenous Knowledge
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
9:00 am – 10:30 am EDT/GMT-4 Online Event
9 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna
Amplifying the Voices of Engaged Researchers Around the World, an initiative created by OSUN and the Talloires Network of Engaged Universities, supports the development of long-term, sustainable community partnerships as a central component of research. This community of practice (COP) meets regularly to share ideas and strategies for engaged scholarship across geo-political boundaries, while creating new knowledge and lasting ties among engaged researchers. Now the COP is presenting a series of global webinars spolighting issues that arise during presenters' experiences with community engagement.
This workshop provides an opportunity to reflect on the pedagogical, epistemological, methodological, and political implications of working with communities to improve or develop professional skills in engaged research processes. The six presenters are developing projects which involve training members of the community to apply certain techniques.
They will discuss how their projects address the following dilemmas: How can we develop professional skills in ways that preserve and nurture Indigenous / endogenous wisdom? How do we deal with moral, practical or technical discrepancies about professional work between academic researchers and local practitioners? In what way is the introduction of methods or techniques in local communities colonialist, and what cautions should we take to prevent epistemological colonialism?
After the presentations, audience members are invited to join the discussion so they can reference their own engaged research work.
Panelists:
Félix Díaz
Catalina Muñoz
Miguel Angel Castañeda
Patricio Belloy
Martina Jordaan
Mónica Lucía Espinosa Arango