Seeking our shared wisdom: a framework for understanding knowledge coproduction and coproductive capacities

Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability

Schuttenberg, H.¹ 

关键词: climate change;    coproduction;    coral reef management;    governance;    traditional ecological knowledge;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-07038-200115

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

The widespread disconnect between scientific projections of climate change and the implementation of responsive management actions has escalated calls for knowledge production processes able to exercise a stronger voice in decision making. Recently, the concept of coproduction has been championed as a potential answer. The term ‘knowledge coproduction’ is used loosely in the literature to describe an inclusive, iterative approach to creating new information; it is distinguished by its focus on facilitating interactions between stakeholders to develop an integrated or transformational understanding of a sustainability problem. Whether a coproduction process is successful in this integration of science and policy depends on a range of capabilities thatshould be understood as ‘coproductive capacities.’We draw on the literature from sustainability science to propose a conceptual framework that specifies the sequential goals of knowledge coproduction and potential sources of coproductive capacity. We apply this framework to examine our experience facilitating the coproduction of a climate change action plan for Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and World Heritage Site. This framework offers a structure for systematically investigating the capacities, mechanisms, and dynamics of knowledge coproduction and for guiding the design of coproduction processes.

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