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A Step in the Right Direction: Measuring Indicators of Responsible Community Engagement in Samburu, Kenya
Journal of Academic Ethics ( IF 2.2 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-24 , DOI: 10.1007/s10805-021-09408-2
Roy Van Anda , Brett L. Bruyere , Sarah Walker , Christine Namunyak , Apin Yasin , Anastasia Leparporit , Meredith Grady , Courtney Massey , Martha Bierut , Alexandra McHenry

The inclusion of stakeholders and knowledge systems is increasingly valued in research to address complex socio-ecological challenges around the world. Often these projects take place in cross-cultural setting where external researchers risk perpetuating historically extractive research models that not only harm local communities but damage the validity of research projects. Responsible community engagement is increasingly recognized as a practice that can improve researcher-community relationships and research quality by incorporating principles of ethics, reciprocity, and power sharing. In partnership with local community leaders, researchers from a U.S. university coded 76 research articles for indicators of responsible community engagement conducted in the Samburu, Kenya community since 2000. Findings from this study suggest that most of the research in Samburu has followed extractive models. Of the 76 articles reviewed many failed to acknowledge ethical protocols, did not address relevance of the study to the local community, and did not report any indication of outreach or community change as a result of the research. While a portion of articles showed evidence of community involvement in the studies, the involvement was primarily limited to secondary roles with little to no shared decision-making power over the research process. We discuss methodological considerations for future research and steps that must be taken in order to shift the norm and practice of academic research in sites such as Samburu, Kenya.



中文翻译:

朝正确方向迈出的一步:衡量肯尼亚桑布鲁的负责任社区参与指标

应对世界各地复杂的社会生态挑战的研究越来越重视利益相关者和知识系统的包容性。这些项目通常发生在跨文化环境中,其中外部研究人员冒着使历史性提取研究模型永久存在的风险,这些模型不仅损害当地社区,而且损害研究项目的有效性。负责任的社区参与越来越被认为是一种通过整合道德,互惠和权力共享原则来改善研究者与社区的关系和研究质量的实践。与当地社区领袖合作,一所美国大学的研究人员编写了76篇研究文章,以说明自2000年以来在肯尼亚桑布鲁(Samburu)社区开展的负责任社区参与指标。这项研究的结果表明,桑布鲁的大多数研究都遵循了提取模型。在所审查的76篇文章中,许多没有承认道德规范,没有研究与当地社区的相关性,也没有报告任何因研究而引起的外展或社区变化的迹象。尽管部分文章显示了社区参与研究的证据,但参与主要限于次要角色,在研究过程中几乎没有共同的决策权。我们讨论了未来研究的方法论考虑,以及为了改变肯尼亚桑布鲁等地的学术研究规范和实践而必须采取的步骤。未解决与当地社区相关的研究,也未报告因该研究而引起的任何外联迹象或社区变化的迹象。尽管部分文章显示了社区参与研究的证据,但参与主要限于次要角色,在研究过程中几乎没有共同的决策权。我们讨论了未来研究的方法论考虑,以及为了改变肯尼亚桑布鲁等地的学术研究规范和实践而必须采取的步骤。未解决与当地社区相关的研究,也未报告因该研究而引起的任何外联迹象或社区变化的迹象。尽管部分文章显示了社区参与研究的证据,但参与主要限于次要角色,在研究过程中几乎没有共同的决策权。我们讨论了未来研究的方法论考虑,以及为了改变肯尼亚桑布鲁等地的学术研究规范和实践而必须采取的步骤。参与主要限于次要角色,在研究过程中几乎没有共享决策权。我们讨论了未来研究的方法论考虑,以及为了改变肯尼亚桑布鲁等地的学术研究规范和实践而必须采取的步骤。参与主要限于次要角色,在研究过程中几乎没有共享决策权。我们讨论了未来研究的方法论考虑,以及为了改变肯尼亚桑布鲁等地的学术研究规范和实践而必须采取的步骤。

更新日期:2021-03-24
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