ERIC Number: EJ1239665
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 9
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Academic-Practitioner Collaboration with Communities towards Social and Ecological Transformation
Arko-Achemfuor, Akwasi; Romm, Norma; Serolong, Lesego
International Journal for Transformative Research, v6 n1 p1-9 Dec 2019
In this article we offer a discussion around our academic-practitioner involvements with one another and with a targeted community, in relation to a particular project. In the title of the article, we have hyphenated the term "academic-practitioner" to render fuzzy the distinction between "academic" roles (associated with institutions of higher learning and with professional research) and the roles of "practitioners" operating and learning in the field in engagement with communities. In the article we detail our collaborations with one another and with a farming community in all undertaking (co)inquiries around options for social and ecological development. We explain how this fits the epistemological views as offered by Indigenous authors propounding an Indigenous research paradigm (with transformative intent) to generate visions of realities in-the-making, towards enhanced wellbeing in communities and towards a sustainable future. We provide a detailed example in the course of our deliberations.
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Indigenous Knowledge, Sustainable Development, Transformative Learning, Food, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Cooperatives, Rural Population, School Community Programs, Community Development, Universities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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