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Gruber, Valerie V. V.:
Fluid Fields : The Un/Making of the Research Field in Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Production.
2021
Event: Workshop of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research and the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence : Fielding the Field
, 21.05.2021
, Johannesburg, Südafrika ; Bayreuth, Deutschland.
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Project's official title Project's id Moral Geographies of Re-Existence: Socio-cultural Practices and Visions of a Good Life in Afro-descendant Communities in Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) and Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) EXC 2052/1 – 390713894 |
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Project financing: |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft This presentation is the outcome of research conducted within the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2052/1 – 390713894 |
Abstract in another language
The quest for transdisciplinary research requires academics to collaborate with actors from heterogeneous fields, both inside and outside academia. In order to transcend disciplinary, social, symbolic or physical boundaries, co-producers of knowledge need to deal with multiple relations, theories and practices taken for granted in each field involved. This presentation explores how field alignments can be made between researchers, artists and activists in order to create synergies and produce knowledge collaboratively. It draws on a participatory research project developed with diverse actors from Brazil, Colombia, Mozambique, Cameroon and Germany, who share a common interest in understanding whether and how the arts can contribute to processes of transformation in communities afflicted by violence, racism and social exclusion. The reflection shows how the research field emerges as a fluid third space co-created by actors with specific knowledges and positionalities. Ultimately, this presentation raises fundamental questions on whose queries, assumptions, interests, theories and methodologies count as legitimate, giving them the power to (re)define a research field.
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Item Type: | Conference item (Speech) |
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Refereed: | No |
Additional notes: | online |
Institutions of the University: | Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit > EXC 2052 - Africa Multiple: Afrikastudien neu gestalten Graduate Schools > BIGSAS Research Institutions Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit Graduate Schools |
Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 900 History and geography |
Date Deposited: | 25 May 2021 09:21 |
Last Modified: | 25 May 2021 09:21 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/65311 |