Whose value is it anyway? by Anne Bergen & Bronwynne Wilton
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Presentation by Dr. Anne Bergen & Dr. Bronwynne Wilton, University of Guelph, at 2014 Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum, June 9 & 10, 2014, Saskatoon, SK Whose value is it anyway? Unpacking assumptions in knowledge mobilization and social innovation.
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Whose value is it anyway? by Anne Bergen & Bronwynne Wilton
- 1. Whose value is it anyway? Unpacking assump7ons in knowledge mobiliza7on and social innova7on Dr. Anne Bergen & Dr. Bronwynne Wilton University of Guelph
- 2. ACribu7on This work is licensed under a Crea7ve Commons ACribu7on-‐ShareAlike 4.0 Interna7onal License. You are free: • to Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format • to Remix — Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. Under the following condi4ons: • ACribu7on — ACribu7on — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. • Share Alike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contribu7ons under the same license as the original. A7ribute this work as: Bergen, A. & Wilton, B. (2014). Whose value is it anyway?: Unpacking assump8ons in knowledge mobiliza8on and social innova8on. Presenta7on to the Canadian Knowledge Mobiliza7on Forum, Saskatoon, SK.
- 3. Reflec7on
- 4. What Do We Take for Granted? • An assump7on about my work is that… – The research happening at my university is useful to farmers. – Community-‐university research partnerships are a beCer way to solve complex social issues. • An assump7on about knowledge mobiliza7on is that…. • An assump7on about social innova7on is that….
- 5. Source: hCp:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ HenrieCa_Lacks Value for Whom? • Biobanks. • Microfinance & crowdfunding • Social economy How do you deal with this issue in your work?
- 6. Impact Can Be Quan7fied Limits of inferen7al sta7s7cs. Outcomes vs. outputs How do you deal with this issue in your work?
- 7. Common Language Stakeholders. (End) Users. Prototypes. Unpacking. Knowledge mobiliza7on. Text from: wha7skt.wikispaces.co m/KT+Science+Terms How do you deal with this issue in your work?
- 8. Co-‐Crea7on of Knowledge Par7cipa7on vs. Tokenism Partnership Authen7city Process vs. Outputs How do you deal with this issue in your work?
- 9. Heroic Innovators? Not everyone wants to innovate. Not all innovators are heroes. Corollary: Not all heroes are innovators. How do you deal with this issue in your work?
- 10. Social vs. Economic Innova7on Where is the overlap? Does there need to be overlap? How do you deal with this issue in your work?
- 11. Social Innova7on ≠ Business Innova7on (Pol & Ville, 2009)
- 12. Linearity vs. Ecosystems Approaches We approach complex systems with linear tools (and are then surprised that we can’t show A à B impact) How do you deal with this issue in your work?
- 13. Research Communica7ons Promo7on of ins7tu7on/organiza7on/researcher vs. promo7on of evidence. Ability to talk freely about research (approvals & government contexts) How do you deal with this issue in your work?
- 14. More Is BeCer Does more knowledge & more innova7on always provide more value? hCp://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/06/03/the-‐perils-‐of-‐the-‐press-‐release/ How do you deal with this issue in your work?