In development cooperation, the ideas of material support and instructive teaching have increasingly given way to those of reciprocal collaboration and non-material support. In this research, we explore the potential of rhythmanalysis as an approach to studying complex knowledge creation processes in an international development cooperation project. The Zan-SDI project aimed to enhance the geospatial infrastructure in Zanzibar through cooperation between Finnish and Zanzibarian experts. Our rhythmanalysis shows that knowledge creation in the everyday practices of development cooperation is extremely vulnerable to various distractions on multiple spatio-temporal scales. Continuous learning and efforts are required to sustain the project ensemble and knowledge creation. Although new partnerships and inter-organisational collaboration are a source of novelty and innovation, much of their potential remains unrealised without intensive long-term engagement, possibilities to quickly reform the project scheme, and a sufficient combination of financial, material and non-material support.

在发展合作中，物质支持和指导性教学的观念已逐渐被互惠合作和非物质支持的观念所取代。在这项研究中，我们探讨了节奏分析的潜力，这种方法是研究国际发展合作项目中复杂知识创造过程的一种方法。Zan-SDI项目旨在通过芬兰和Zanzibarian专家之间的合作来增强桑给巴尔的地理空间基础设施。我们的节奏分析表明，在发展合作的日常实践中，知识创造极易受到多种时空尺度上各种干扰的影响。需要持续的学习和努力，以维持项目合奏和知识创造。