Bridging the Gap between Academic Theory and Community Relevance: Fresh Insights from American Pragmatism

弥合学术理论与社区相关性之间的差距：美国实用主义的新见解

• 批准号: AH/K006185/1
• 负责人: Mihaela Kelemen
• 金额: $ 5.3万
• 依托单位: Keele University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FK006185%2F1
• 关键词: Bridging; Gap; between; Academic; Theory

The four AHRC projects involved in this collaborative grant application share the view that academic theories are not ends in themselves; rather that they must serve the needs of the communities studied. Indeed many scholars have raised concerns about the gap between academic interests for advancing knowledge for knowledge sake and the practical problems and needs of the communities studied by academics (Kelemen and Bansal, 2002). Our collaboration is unique in that it has a dual focus on rigour and relevance and seeks to advance and promote a 'Pragmatist agenda' across the humanities, arts and social sciences. This Pragmatist agenda is rooted in the American Pragmatist philosophical school of thought represented by John Dewey, William James and Charles Peirce. Put simply, American Pragmatism may be described as a practical and anti-foundationalist philosophy that focuses on the future and is concerned with improving the conditions that enable individuals to thrive in their everyday lives. It collapses not only the artificial division between theory and practice, emphasising the link between knowledge and action, but also other restrictive dualisms (e.g. body-mind, subject-object), by a process of inquiry that understands knowledge as a practical activity and the value of theory by the practical consequences and actions it produces (Kelemen and Rumens, 2012). By working together with our community partners, our international academic link and his community partners, we will reflect upon as well as share our existing experiences about advancing theories that meet the dual criteria of rigour and relevance. The project will benefit greatly from a cross-disciplinary approach in terms of both content and mode of delivery. Underpinned by a Pragmatist philosophical approach, the collaboration taps into narrative methods, dramaturgical approaches, visual studies, sociological theories, design studies and community studies. Its innovative mode of delivery includes open participant sessions, drama exercises, experiential workshops, story telling, visual methods and crowd sourcing in an attempt to address issues of language translation and cultural capital across academics and community partners. The work of our Japanese partner which relates to and involves communities affected by the Tsunami (2011) and their way of coping with a crisis situation will benefit greatly our project by providing insights into an ongoing successful collaboration between academics and communities. Professor Kiyomiya's research focuses on what is considered 'actionable' knowledge by communities and what makes knowledge relevant, useful and/or practical at their end. We will produce two installations as a result of the workshops held in the UK and Japan that will tour various venues. The UK installation will also travel to Japan. We will disseminate our findings in conference papers and journal articles and will feed our lessons into the teaching curricula of the five universities taking part in the project.

参与这一合作赠款申请的四个AHRC项目都认为，学术理论本身不是目的;相反，它们必须服务于所研究社区的需求。事实上，许多学者对为知识而推动知识的学术兴趣与学者所研究的社区的实际问题和需要之间的差距表示关切（Kelemen和Bansal，2002年）。我们的合作是独一无二的，因为它具有严谨性和相关性的双重重点，并寻求推进和促进人文，艺术和社会科学的“实用主义议程”。这种实用主义议程植根于以杜威、詹姆斯和皮尔士为代表的美国实用主义哲学学派。简单地说，美国实用主义可以被描述为一种实用的和反基础主义的哲学，它关注未来，关注改善使个人能够在日常生活中茁壮成长的条件。它不仅打破了理论和实践之间的人为划分，强调知识和行动之间的联系，而且还打破了其他限制性的二元论（例如身心，主体客体），通过一种探究过程，将知识理解为实践活动，并通过其产生的实际后果和行动来理解理论的价值（Kelemen和Rumens，2012）。通过与我们的社区合作伙伴，我们的国际学术联系和他的社区合作伙伴一起工作，我们将反思并分享我们现有的经验，以推进符合严谨性和相关性双重标准的理论。该项目将在内容和交付方式方面大大受益于跨学科办法。在实用主义哲学方法的基础上，合作利用叙事方法，戏剧方法，视觉研究，社会学理论，设计研究和社区研究。其创新的交付模式包括开放式参与者会议，戏剧练习，体验式研讨会，讲故事，视觉方法和众包，试图解决学术界和社区合作伙伴的语言翻译和文化资本问题。我们的日本合作伙伴的工作涉及并涉及受海啸（2011年）影响的社区及其应对危机局势的方式，将通过提供对学术界和社区之间正在进行的成功合作的见解，使我们的项目受益匪浅。Kiyomiya教授的研究重点是社区认为什么是“可操作的”知识，以及什么使知识在他们的目的相关，有用和/或实用。我们将制作两个装置作为在英国和日本举行的研讨会的结果，将参观各种场地。英国的安装也将前往日本。我们将在会议论文和期刊文章中传播我们的研究结果，并将我们的经验教训纳入参与该项目的五所大学的教学课程。

项目成果

Questioning and Organization Studies

提问和组织研究

• DOI: 10.1177/0170840618783350
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Organization Studies
• 影响因子: 5.4
• 作者: Kelemen M

Evaluating the Legacy of Animative and Iterative Connected Communities Projects: Relections on Methodological Legacies

评估动画和迭代互联社区项目的遗产：对方法论遗产的反思

• 发表时间: 2015
• 作者: James, D

Researching the City through Arts-based Methodologies

通过基于艺术的方法研究城市

• 发表时间: 2018
• 作者: Kelemen, M

Re-asserting paradigm plurality: Pragmatism and co-production in Management and Organisation Studies

重申范式多元化：管理和组织研究中的实用主义和共同生产

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Studi di Sociologia
• 作者: Kelemen M

Community based response to the Japanese tsunami: A bottom-up approach

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.066
• 发表时间: 2018-08-01
• 期刊: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
• 影响因子: 6.4
• 作者: Goulding, Christina;Kelemen, Mihaela;Kiyomiya, Toru
• 通讯作者: Kiyomiya, Toru