Are you concerned about the ongoing practice of "parachute / parasitic research" in academia?
Interested in forging meaningful research partnerships with collaborators in the Global South?
Wondering what it takes to co-create impact projects that are responsible and non-exploitative?
Join us for a dynamic session with Caribbean scholar-activists who will share ideas related to ethical, collaborative research by:
1) Sharing their experiences of navigating the power dynamics and structural inequalities inherent in international research;
2) Discussing what is required to co-create research that advances justice and addresses the lasting legacies of imperialism;
3) Interrogating the research funding status quo, coloniality of knowledge production, and acclaim afforded to "the heroic PI".
Session outline/ plan
By the end of this session, participants will:
- Be better acquainted with the realities and challenges faced by researchers in the Global South
- Gain practical insight on developing strategies for equitable partnership and knowledge co-creation
- Receive concrete ideas related to building trust and reciprocity with collaborators and communities
Presenter information:
- Johannah-Rae Reyes (presenter): Johannah-Rae Reyes is a Caribbean activist and project and community outreach associate with CAISO. She is also a sign language interpreter for the Deaf Empowerment and Advancement Foundation and the Alliance for Justice and Diversity in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Dr. Filiberto Penados (presenter): Filiberto Penados is a Maya activist-scholar from Belize with a focus on critical development studies, participatory methods, and Indigenous future-making. He is currently Research Director of Galen University, President of the Julian Cho Society, and adviser to the Toledo Alcaldes Association.
- Dr. Tessa Barry (presenter): Tessa Barry is an agricultural extension and rural development specialist with a focus on gender responsive policy, as well as a stakeholder and capacity development analyst who works throughout the Caribbean. She is also director of JRI Consultancy in Grenada.
- Levi Gahman (moderator): Levi Gahman is a Professor of emancipatory politics and environmental conflict with a focus on participatory methods in the Department of Geography at the University of Liverpool. He is also an ISRF Fellow and affiliate faculty at the University of the West Indies."
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