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Recognising Multiple Knowledges for Better Governance and Sustainable Development: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges
Development in general and sustainable development and effective governance in particular, requires the understanding and negotiation of the range of perspectives and approaches which the varied stakeholders of any situation bring to bear. Solutions which privilege one perspective or assume a linear progression often prove to be no solutions at all. This panel, chaired by Cees Hamelink, will consider the implications of working in an environment of multiple knowledges for development research and, above all, for the practical application of that research.

Within which sets of knowledges is 'development' researched, constructed as policy and programmes, or experienced as lived reality? How is communication between these sets changing in a context of differing informational developments in different parts of the world? How can development research be more relevant to and effective in promoting sustainable development and good governance such contexts?

All presentations will be supported by sound and visual material and, we hope, plentiful interaction with the audience.

Chair:

Cees Hamelink
Professor of Communication and Human Rights
University of Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Speakers:

Valerie Brown
Emeritus Professor and Director
Local Sustainability Project
Fenner School of Environment and Society
Australian National University
Australia

Kingo Mchombu
Dean and Professor of Information Studies
University of Namibia
Africa
(on video)

Wangui Wa Goro
Writer, Researcher and Translator

Martha Chinouya
Social Scientist
London Metropolitan University
United Kingdom

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