Knowledge production in interaction among different actors –be it specific contributions, sustained collaborations or co-productions- is becoming an integral part of academic practices. These trends are reflected in a rich literature within STS studies and other fields of knowledge such as feminist epistemologies seeking to systematize and analyze how these processes develop, what actors participate, what types of questions and problems are addressed, what methods are put in practice and what results emerge.
The systematic recognition of these processes, on the basis of normative concepts, favors the construction of analytical tools as well as conceptual and methodological enrichment. In turn, they reveal the asymmetrical power dynamics, shaping interaction processes. There lies our interest to investigate the relationships established between different actors, the type of problems they address and the way in which different knowledge and practices – experiential and scientific – are recognized and integrated. This panel seeks to analyze the transformations in practices and methods -in different regions of the world- that configure a new heuristic.
How are practices and methods transformed throughout processes of knowledge production in interaction?
How are the relationships between the various actors and knowledge reconfigured? What are the places of non-academic actors in the processes of knowledge production? How do these processes advance in the generation of symmetrical relationships between actors and their knowledge?