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| Provedor de dados: |
Ecology and Society
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| País: |
Canada
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| Título: |
Bridging the Science–Management Divide: Moving from Unidirectional Knowledge Transfer to Knowledge Interfacing and Sharing
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| Autores: |
Roux, Dirk J; CSIR; droux@csir.co.za
Rogers, Kevin H; University of the Witwatersrand; kevinr@gecko.biol.wits.ac.za
Biggs, Harry C; South African National Parks; Biggs@sanparks.org
Ashton, Peter J; CSIR; pashton@csir.co.za
Sergeant, Anne; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; sergeant.anne@epa.gov
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| Data: |
2006-02-21
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Communities of practice
Knowledge interface
Knowledge transfer
Science–
Management divide
R&
D programs
Shared understanding
Tacit knowledge
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| Resumo: |
Sustainable ecosystem management relies on a diverse and multi-faceted knowledge system in which techniques are continuously updated to reflect current understanding and needs. The challenge is to minimize delay as ideas flow from intent through scientific capability, and finally to implementation to achieve desired outcomes. The best way to do this is by setting the stage for the flow of knowledge between researchers, policy makers, and resource managers. The cultural differences between these groups magnify the challenge. This paper highlights the importance of the tacit dimension of knowledge, and how this renders the concept of knowledge transfer much less useful than the concepts of information transfer and technology transfer. Instead of knowledge transfer, we propose that “co-production” of knowledge through collaborative learning between “experts” and “users” is a more suitable approach to building a knowledge system for the sustainable management of ecosystems. This can be achieved through knowledge interfacing and sharing, but requires a shift from a view of knowledge as a “thing” that can be transferred to viewing knowledge as a “process of relating” that involves negotiation of meaning among partners. Lessons from informal communities of practice provide guidance on how to nurture and promote knowledge interfacing between science and management in R&D programs.
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| Tipo: |
Peer-Reviewed Synthesis
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
vol11/iss1/art4/
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| Editor: |
Resilience Alliance
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| Formato: |
text/html application/pdf
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| Fonte: |
Ecology and Society; Vol. 11, No. 1 (2006)
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