Minna, Kaljonen; Jacobi, Johanna; Korhonen-Kurki, Kaisa; Lukkarinen, Jani P.; Ott, Anna; Peltomaa, Juha; Schneider, Flurina; Tribaldos, Theresa; Zaehringer, Julie G. (2023). Reflexive use of methods: a framework for navigating different types of knowledge and power in transformative research. Sustainability science Springer 10.1007/s11625-023-01431-z
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In transformative sustainability science, reflexivity is considered critical for ethically sound and socially relevant research. In practice, many transdisciplinary knowledge co-production processes have faced problems in mitigating power hierarchies among the participating actors and the different types of knowledge. In this paper, we develop and test a reflexive framework that enables transdisciplinary researchers to convey more explicitly how their methodological choices play a role in im/balancing power relations in knowledge co-production. The reflexive framework allows researchers to distinguish the different types of knowledge co-produced by the methods, as well as tracking the movements between them. We utilize the framework to reflect upon the methodological choices made through the application of three different transformative methods, namely the Transition Arena, Theory of Change, and Participatory Food Sustainability Assessment and Transformation Framework in different contexts. The results illuminate how the agility between the knowledge types is critical for navigating tensions in power imbalances, as well as producing transformative knowledge. Moreover, the results call further attention to the co-production of critical knowledge in sustainability science.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability > Unit Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management (LS-SLM) 10 Strategic Research Centers > Wyss Academy for Nature 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography 10 Strategic Research Centers > Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Tribaldos, Theresa Margarete, Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin |
ISSN: |
1862-4065 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Funders: |
[4] Swiss National Science Foundation |
Projects: |
[1499] Just transition: tackling inequalities to a neutral food system
[804] Socio-Economic Transition |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Melchior Peter Nussbaumer |
Date Deposited: |
09 Feb 2024 12:39 |
Last Modified: |
19 Feb 2024 14:39 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s11625-023-01431-z |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/192695 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/192695 |
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