All Blog Posts Tagged 'knowledge' (3)

I was working on this project last year and the Report is now published as a Working Paper for Canadian Partnerships at the International Development Research Centre.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome!

 

http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/10625/46120/1/132609.pdf

 

Towards a Knowledge Democracy Movement: 'Antyodaya ' and Higher Education

 

            In 2011, I want to make visible stories about our universities, communities and social movements creating and using knowledge together in new ways that will support organising for change and creating space for collective action for a more just, sustainable, inclusive and joyful world.  I want to see stories how our collective capacities to 'name the world' as…

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Budd Hall, of the Office of Community Based Research at U Vic, was recently interviewed about the Knowledge Commons. In this video, he talks about some of the barriers universities face in trying to engage more of their resources with wider needs of the community. According to Budd, the "knowledge commons" - a public space where knowledge can be created, shared and used - has been… Continue