CASCAIUAES2017 panel: Collaborative uncertainties and the politics of knowledge production

Collaborative uncertainties and the politics of knowledge production

Convenors

* Nathan Dawthorne (University of Western Ontario)
* Kelly Abrams (Western University )

Short Abstract

In follow-up to the CASCA 2014 round-table on the Promising
Uncertainties of Collaboration in Anthropology Today, we welcome
papers that seek to critically examine both the methodological and
theoretical possibilities, challenges, and assumptions associated with
collaborative research.

Long Abstract

Although collaboration has always been a part of anthropological
research, emphasis on more ethical engagement has opened up new
avenues for exploration and a reconstitution of the boundaries between
researcher and "researched." A push towards the co-production of
knowledge, participatory action research, and other forms of
negotiated practice, are producing a new and exciting body of work.
However, collaboration is not without challenges. At CASCA 2014, Dr.
Andrew Walsh organized a round-table on the "Promising Uncertainties
of Collaboration in Anthropology Today." In follow-up to that session,
we welcome papers that seek to critically examine both the
methodological and theoretical possibilities, challenges, and
assumptions associated with collaborative research.

Within this context, we wonder how our ideas of collaboration shifted
over time. How is our research enriched through collaborative
practices? In what ways does collaboration complicate the research
endeavour? When is it appropriate not to collaborate? When does
collaboration become unethical? How does collaboration shape knowledge
production? How is the co-production of knowledge negotiated

More information:

http://nomadit.co.uk/cascaiuaes2017/suite/panels.php5?PanelID=5282