Full Description
It has been clear for some time that research does not automatically translate into knowledge, nor does knowledge necessarily translate into wisdom. Whether the immediate challenge is global warming, epidemic disease, poverty, environmental degradation, or social fragmentation, research efforts are wasted if we cannot devise efficient and understandable processes to create and transfer knowledge to policy makers, interested groups, and communities. How to maximize the impact of scholarly research and combine it with practical knowledge already available in lay communities are key issues in a world threatened with social-ecological disasters. Making and Moving Knowledge focuses directly on how knowledge is created and transferred or is blocked and atrophies. It places knowledge generated by universities and governments beside practical knowledge from coastal aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities and looks at how different kinds of knowledge flow in different directions.
Concentrating on intellectually fertile spaces at the edges of disciplines and the rich socio-ecological interfaces where land meets sea, authors demonstrate their commitment to knowledge transfer in their work, showing how knowledge transfer can be considered theoretically, methodologically, and practically."
Contents
Tables and Figures; Foreword by Rosemary OmmerPart one getting started1 Introduction / John Lutz and Barbara Neis; 2 Knowledge, Uncertainty, and Wisdom / Rosemary E. Ommer, Harold Coward, and Christopher C. ParrishPart two building and moving knowledge within communities3 "Ebb and Flow": Transmitting Environmental Knowledge in a Contemporary Aboriginal Community / Nancy J. Turner, Anne Marshall, Judith C. Thompson (Edosdi), Robin June Hood, Cameron Hill, and Eva-Ann Hill; 4 Students as Community Participants: Knowledge through Engagement in the Coastal Context / Carol E. Harris and Sandra L. UmplebyPart three knowledge flows and blockages: fish harvesters' knowledge, science, and management5 The Evolving Use of Knowledge Sources in Fisheries Assessment / David C. Schneider, Erin Alcock, and Danny Ings; 6 Opening the Black Box: Methods, Procedures, and Challenges in the Historical Reconstruction of Marine Social-ecological Systems / Grant Murray, Barbara Neis, David C. Schneider, Danny Ings, Karen Gosse, Jennifer Whalen, and Craig T. Palmer; 7 Data Fouling in Marine Fisheries: Findings and a Model for Newfoundland / Kaija I. Metuzals, C. Michael Wernerheim, Richard L. Haedrich, Parzival Copes, and Ann MurrinPart four knowledge flows and policy development and practice8 Knowledge Flows around Youth: What Do They "Know" about Human and Community Health? / Anne Marshall, Lois Jackson, Blythe Shepard, Susan Tirone, and Catherine Donovan; 9 Promoting, Blocking, and Diverting the Flow of Knowledge: Four Case Studies from Newfoundland and Labrador / John R. Gibson, Richard L. Haedrich, John C. Kennedy, Kelly M. Vodden, and C. Michael Wernerheim; 10 Knowledge Flows, Conservation Values and Municipal Wetlands Stewardship / Brian McLaren, Tim Hollis, Catherine Roach, Kathleen Blanchard, Eric Chaurette, and Dean BavingtonPart five moving knowledge across disciplines and between university and community11 Knowledge Movement in Response to Coastal British Columbia Oil and Gas Development: Past, Present, and Future / Christopher R. Barnes, Robert H. Dennis, Lorne F. Hammond, Marjorie J.Johns, and Gregory S. Kealey; 12 The Process of Large-Scale Interdisciplinary Science: A ReflexiveStudy / Peter Trnka; 13 Circularizing Knowledge Flows: Institutional Structures, Policies, andPractices for Community-University Collaborations / Kelly Vodden and Kelly Bannister; 14 Conclusion: Miles To Go / Barbara Neis and John LutzNotes; Bibliography; Index
