Reflections on excellence in academic-civil society research collaboration on indigenous self-governance in Bolivia : a reflection paper for the 2013 IDRC Canadian Learning Forum

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2013

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Dalhousie University

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Recent legal reforms have enabled 11 of Bolivia’s 339 municipalities to initiate conversion into autonomous, indigenous self-governments. This paper reflects on research excellence as part of the ongoing project, “Building Research Capacity for Indigenous Self-Governance in Bolivia.” The most important outputs and impacts of the project so far have been unexpectedly informal, unplanned and process-oriented. For example, producing journal articles is simpler than being able to strengthen the research capacity of rural indigenous community leaders or the research culture of an NGO. NGO-community relations remain an important topic for academic and policy-oriented analysis. The paper observes some pathways to research excellence.

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RESEARCH EXCELLENCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, SELF DETERMINATION, BOLIVIA, PARTNERSHIP, PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, SOUTH AMERICA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/52706

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (CP) / Résultats de recherches (PC)