The evolution of local participation and the mode of knowledge production in Arctic research
Arctic science is often claimed to have been transformed by the increased involvement of local people, but these claims of a new research paradigm have not been empirically evaluated. We argue that the "new" participatory research paradigm emerging in Arctic science embodies many of the pr...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9007dd15d606445c8013e743a0fa51ef 2023-05-15T14:36:27+02:00 The evolution of local participation and the mode of knowledge production in Arctic research Nicolas D. Brunet Gordon M. Hickey Murray M. Humphries 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06641-190269 https://doaj.org/article/9007dd15d606445c8013e743a0fa51ef EN eng Resilience Alliance http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss2/art69/ https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-06641-190269 https://doaj.org/article/9007dd15d606445c8013e743a0fa51ef Ecology and Society, Vol 19, Iss 2, p 69 (2014) civic science community participation environmental change Mode 2 research policy traditional knowledge Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06641-190269 2022-12-31T11:17:40Z Arctic science is often claimed to have been transformed by the increased involvement of local people, but these claims of a new research paradigm have not been empirically evaluated. We argue that the "new" participatory research paradigm emerging in Arctic science embodies many of the principles of the Mode 2 knowledge production framework. Using the Mode 2 thesis as an assessment framework, we examined research articles appearing between 1965 and 2010 in the journal Arctic to assess the extent to which there has been a paradigm shift toward more participatory approaches. Results suggest that the involvement of local people has increased only slightly over the last half century and continues to vary systematically among disciplines, organizations, and regions. Analysis of three additional journals focused on Arctic and circumpolar science establishes the generality of these slight increases in local involvement. There is clearly room for more community involvement in Arctic science, but achieving this will require either increasing the proportional representation of the organizations, disciplines, and regions with a track record of successful Mode 2 research, or encouraging Mode 2 research innovation within the organizations, disciplines, and regions currently predominated by Mode 1 approaches. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Ecology and Society 19 2 |
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Arctic science is often claimed to have been transformed by the increased involvement of local people, but these claims of a new research paradigm have not been empirically evaluated. We argue that the "new" participatory research paradigm emerging in Arctic science embodies many of the principles of the Mode 2 knowledge production framework. Using the Mode 2 thesis as an assessment framework, we examined research articles appearing between 1965 and 2010 in the journal Arctic to assess the extent to which there has been a paradigm shift toward more participatory approaches. Results suggest that the involvement of local people has increased only slightly over the last half century and continues to vary systematically among disciplines, organizations, and regions. Analysis of three additional journals focused on Arctic and circumpolar science establishes the generality of these slight increases in local involvement. There is clearly room for more community involvement in Arctic science, but achieving this will require either increasing the proportional representation of the organizations, disciplines, and regions with a track record of successful Mode 2 research, or encouraging Mode 2 research innovation within the organizations, disciplines, and regions currently predominated by Mode 1 approaches. |
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The evolution of local participation and the mode of knowledge production in Arctic research |
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The evolution of local participation and the mode of knowledge production in Arctic research |
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The evolution of local participation and the mode of knowledge production in Arctic research |
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The evolution of local participation and the mode of knowledge production in Arctic research |
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The evolution of local participation and the mode of knowledge production in Arctic research |
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