Rethinking Partnerships with the Aim of Producing Knowledge with Practical Relevance: a Case Study in the Field of Ecological Restoration

摘要: Researchers in conservation biology and restoration ecology often work partnership with local actors to increase the practical relevance of knowledge they produce. Although an academic mode production is essential research for a better understanding biological systems, it fails produce frameworks methodologies having that can be used programs. The involvement researchers collective plans action supposed contribute more contextualized form knowledge. In this paper, we report our experience ecological project. We show changing one produces requires particular spectrum partners reflexive communication between all partners. advocate need participatory approaches favor processes problem finding solving projects. Putting such into practice not only challenge but also their partners, presupposes profound transformation roles.