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June, 2012
- ISIDORE Id: 10670/1.543e03...
- hal: hal-00766300
- doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01408.x
- PUBMED: 21929647
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community-based research intermediate actors knowledge transfer actor-network theory Canada MESH: Community-Based Participatory Research MESH: Female MESH: Humans MESH: Knowledge Management MESH: Male MESH: Psychological Theory MESH: Public Health Practice MESH: Public-Private Sector Partnerships MESH: Universities -bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologieSimilar subjects
Scientific research Science research Science--Research Participant research Participatory researchCite this document
Carole Clavier et al., « A theory-based model of translation practices in public health participatory research. », HALSHS : archive ouverte en Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société - notices sans texte intégral, ID : 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01408.x
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Abstract
This article explores the innovative practices of actors specifically mandated to support interactions between academic researchers and their partners from the community during public health participatory research. Drawing on the concept of translation as developed in actor-network theory and found in the literature on knowledge transfer and the sociology of intermediate actors, we build a theory-based model of the translation practices developed by these actors at the interface between community and university. We refine this model by using it to analyse material from two focus groups comprising participants purposively selected because they work at the nexus between research and practice. Our model of translation practices includes cognitive (dealing with the contents of the research), strategic (geared to facilitating the research process and balancing power relationships among the partners) and logistic practices (the hands-on tasks of coordination). Combined, these three types of translation practices demonstrate that actors working at the interface in participatory research contribute to multidirectional exchanges and the co-construction of knowledge among research partners. Beyond the case of participatory research, theorising translation practices helps understand how knowledge is produced at the interface between academic and experiential (or lay) knowledge.
