Knowledge is power – and power affects knowledge : challenges for research collaboration in and with Africa

dc.contributor.authorMelber, Henning
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-13T08:58:38Z
dc.date.available2016-07-13T08:58:38Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionAn earlier version of the paper was prepared for a meeting on ‘Enhancing collaboration between the development aid and the global environmental change communities to achieve development goals in Africa’, organized by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the Swedish Development Agency (Sida) on 5 and 6 May 2014 at the Soweto Campus of the University of Johannesburg.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis article engages with the challenges facing genuine research collaboration and knowledge production in a North–South interaction. It maps the asymmetries in global knowledge production in general and revisits African realities in particular. Using the experiences of the Norwegian research programme NORGLOBAL as an empirical reference point, it critically explores the limitations of partnerships and identifies some challenges resulting from the centuries of Northern hegemony established in all spheres related to global affairs and interactions. It presents some thoughts and suggestions as to how these limitations might be reduced or eliminated in favour of a truly joint effort to meet the challenges on the way towards equal relations and mutual respect.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractLe présent article se penche sur les défis en matière de collaboration de recherche véritable et de production de connaissances, dans le cadre d’une interaction Nord-Sud. Il dresse les asymétries dans la production mondiale de connaissances en général et revisite les réalités africaines en particulier. En utilisant les expériences du programme de recherche norvégien NORGLOBAL comme point de référence empirique, il explore de manière critique les limites des partenariats et identifie quelques défis résultant des siècles d’hégémonie du Nord établie dans tous les domaines liés aux affaires et interactions à l’échelle mondiale. Il présente quelques réflexions et suggestions quant à la façon dont ces limites pourraient être réduites ou éliminées en faveur d’un véritable effort conjoint pour relever les défis et arriver à des relations d’égalité et de respect mutuel.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPolitical Sciencesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.codesria.org/spip.php?rubrique39&lang=enen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMelber, H 2015, 'Knowledge is power – and power affects knowledge : challenges for research collaboration in and with Africa', Africa Development / Afrique et développement, vol. XL, no. 4, pp. 21-42.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0850-3907
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/55735
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherCouncil for the Development of Social Science Research in Africaen_ZA
dc.rights© Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.en_ZA
dc.subjectChallengesen_ZA
dc.subjectKnowledge productionen_ZA
dc.subjectNorth–South interactionen_ZA
dc.subjectNORGLOBALen_ZA
dc.subjectPencheen_ZA
dc.subjectProduction de connaissancesen_ZA
dc.subjectInteraction Nord-Suden_ZA
dc.titleKnowledge is power – and power affects knowledge : challenges for research collaboration in and with Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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