Full Description
As researchers are increasingly taking their research from the campus to the public arena, what are the ethics of, and expectations for, social impact? Going Public responds to the urgent need to expand current thinking on what it means to co-create, to actively involve the public in research, and to reconceptualize research for public consumption.
Drawing on conversations with over thirty practitioners across multiple cultures and disciplines, this book examines the ways in which oral historians, media producers, and theatre artists use art, stories, and participatory practices to engage creatively with their publics. The authors provide an overview of community-engaged practices and present case studies that grapple with issues of class struggle, gentrification, violence against women, and Indigenous rights.
Going Public offers insights into long-standing concerns around voice, aesthetics, appropriation, privilege, power dynamics, and the ethics of participation. It reveals that the shift towards participatory research and creative practices requires a commitment to asking tough questions about oneself and the ways that people's stories are used.
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Field Notes
1 Rethinking Engagement
In Conversation with jesikah maria ross
2 It's Complicated
In Conversation with Lisa Ndejuru
3 Going beyond the "Juicy Quotes Syndrome"
In Conversation with Ronit Avni
Part 2: Sites of Struggle
4 People First and First Peoples
In Conversation with the Storyweaving Project
5 At Home, in Bed, and in the Streets
In Conversation with Kelly Matheson
6 Listening to the Post-Industrial City
In Conversation with Toby Butler
Afterword
Appendix: Practitioners Interviewed
Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
