Encounters and places: Project negotiations in Galessa, Ethiopia
Purpose – Reflections on negotiation processes between farmers and scientists in research projects provide insights into issues of participation, power and equity. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how actors chose places to meet, negotiate and represent technologies. Design/methodology/app...
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2012
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| author | Habermann, Birgit Felt, U. Vogl, C.R. Bekele, K. Mekonnen, Kindu |
| author_browse | Bekele, K. Felt, U. Habermann, Birgit Mekonnen, Kindu Vogl, C.R. |
| author_facet | Habermann, Birgit Felt, U. Vogl, C.R. Bekele, K. Mekonnen, Kindu |
| author_sort | Habermann, Birgit |
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| description | Purpose – Reflections on negotiation processes between farmers and scientists in research projects provide insights into issues of participation, power and equity. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how actors chose places to meet, negotiate and represent technologies. Design/methodology/approach – The research involved semi-structured interviews and participant observation with farmers, scientists, government agricultural advisors (extensionists), policymakers, and staff of development organisations involved in a research for development project in Western Shewa, Ethiopia from 2009 to 2011. It combines theories from social studies of science as well as development studies. Findings – Using blueprint approaches in research projects will not yield sustainable results. Participation must go beyond consultation or trying to educate farmers. Social relations are at the core of cooperation between farmers and scientists and require much more attention. Powerful choices on modes of representation and communication technologies as well as unilateral decisions on places have important implications for the way decisions are eventually made and by whom. Originality/value – This approach to studying research for development projects from social studies of science perspectives adds new insights into debates on participation and power in technology transfer and multicultural cooperation in rural development. |
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| language | Inglés |
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| spelling | CGSpace248092025-12-08T10:29:22Z Encounters and places: Project negotiations in Galessa, Ethiopia Habermann, Birgit Felt, U. Vogl, C.R. Bekele, K. Mekonnen, Kindu innovation adoption education Purpose – Reflections on negotiation processes between farmers and scientists in research projects provide insights into issues of participation, power and equity. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how actors chose places to meet, negotiate and represent technologies. Design/methodology/approach – The research involved semi-structured interviews and participant observation with farmers, scientists, government agricultural advisors (extensionists), policymakers, and staff of development organisations involved in a research for development project in Western Shewa, Ethiopia from 2009 to 2011. It combines theories from social studies of science as well as development studies. Findings – Using blueprint approaches in research projects will not yield sustainable results. Participation must go beyond consultation or trying to educate farmers. Social relations are at the core of cooperation between farmers and scientists and require much more attention. Powerful choices on modes of representation and communication technologies as well as unilateral decisions on places have important implications for the way decisions are eventually made and by whom. Originality/value – This approach to studying research for development projects from social studies of science perspectives adds new insights into debates on participation and power in technology transfer and multicultural cooperation in rural development. 2012-11-09 2012-11-21T05:38:35Z 2012-11-21T05:38:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/24809 en Open Access application/pdf Emerald Publishing Limited Habermann, B., Felt, U., Vogl, C.R., Bekele, K. and Mekonnen, K. 2012. Encounters and places: Project negotiations in Galessa, Ethiopia. Multicultural Education and Technology Journal 6(4):218-234. |
| spellingShingle | innovation adoption education Habermann, Birgit Felt, U. Vogl, C.R. Bekele, K. Mekonnen, Kindu Encounters and places: Project negotiations in Galessa, Ethiopia |
| title | Encounters and places: Project negotiations in Galessa, Ethiopia |
| title_full | Encounters and places: Project negotiations in Galessa, Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Encounters and places: Project negotiations in Galessa, Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Encounters and places: Project negotiations in Galessa, Ethiopia |
| title_short | Encounters and places: Project negotiations in Galessa, Ethiopia |
| title_sort | encounters and places project negotiations in galessa ethiopia |
| topic | innovation adoption education |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/24809 |
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