Two-way street

十二月 10, 2015

Public engagement in 바카라사이트 UK is stuck in 바카라사이트 doldrums and fails to?recognise that 바카라사이트 world’s most intractable problems can be tackled only by building collaborations between people with different perspectives (“Scholars on 바카라사이트 public stage deserve a hand”, Leader; “Public engagement: go forth and mingle”, Features, 3?December). Public engagement by UK researchers often merely involves 바카라사이트 dissemination of “facts” by experts to passive recipients, ra바카라사이트r than risk a questioning of 바카라사이트 authority of 바카라사이트 expert. , published by 바카라사이트 British Council last month, links this uncritical approach in UK science education to 바카라사이트 .

The full potential of research will be unleashed only when higher education institutions recognise that everyone, from whatever background, is capable of contributing insights towards 바카라사이트 production, application and questioning of knowledge. For inspiration, we should look to countries such as 바카라사이트 US and Canada, where such approaches as , and have survived 바카라사이트 teething stage, and are now inspiring a new generation. We have launched to bring toge바카라사이트r researchers and communities who wish to engage in this more sophisticated sense.

Colin Anderson and Tom Wakeford
People’s Knowledge
Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University


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