Disrupting habits of North–South research collaboration: learning in co-authoring

Kontinen, Tiina; Nguyahambi, Ajali M.

dc.creator	Kontinen, Tiina
dc.creator	Nguyahambi, Ajali M.
dc.date	2021-05-27T12:07:56Z
dc.date	2021-05-27T12:07:56Z
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T12:01:05Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T12:01:05Z
dc.identifier	Kontinen, T., & Nguyahambi, A. M. (2020). Disrupting habits of North–South research collaboration: learning in Co-authoring. The European Journal of Development Research, 32, 529-543
dc.identifier	URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057%2Fs41287-020-00276-x
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3248
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3248
dc.description	Abstract. Full text article available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057%2Fs41287-020-00276-x
dc.description	One of the frequently mentioned manifestations of asymmetrical relationships in North–South research collaboration has been challenges in co-authoring joint international publications. We critically reflect on our attempt to counteract this tendency and analyse a process of producing an edited volume on practices of citizenship in East Africa, which reports selected findings of a four-year collaborative research project between Tanzanian, Ugandan and Finnish academics. The project was based on philosophical pragmatism, and especially John Dewey’s ideas concerning learning as reformulation of habits. Consequently, our reflection of learning presented in this paper draws from the pragmatist notions of habit and disruption. We analyse how some prevalent habits in support of asymmetrical knowledge production emerged and the ways in which we attempted to reformulate them in our own practices by initiating continuous dialogue within the team, introduction of writing retreats and offering short-term fellowships.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Springer Nature
dc.subject	Research collaboration
dc.subject	Co-authoring
dc.subject	Collaborative research
dc.subject	Research
dc.subject	Philosophical pragmatism
dc.subject	Learning
dc.subject	Learning habits
dc.title	Disrupting habits of North–South research collaboration: learning in co-authoring
dc.type	Article