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The Berg-Breede Case study is part of the larger Community of Practice in Social Learning and Sustainable Development
The Berg-Breede Case study is part of the larger Community of Practice in Social Learning and Sustainable Development
This workshop series is part of a larger DST/NRF Community of Practice (COP) in Social Learning and Sustainable Development (SLSD). Our Berg-Breede workshop series is intended to deepen our understanding of transdisciplinary (TD) practice by exploring the tensions and successes that researchers, students and non-academic partners have experienced through engaging in TD or interdisciplinary research in the Berg-Breede catchment and other spaces. From this exploration we hope to develop lessons and tools that can better prepare post-graduates and early career researchers for engaged TD research in these complex and sometimes tense settings.
The researcher workshops are part of a broader set of workshops that collectively makeup the Berg-Breede case study
The researcher workshops are part of a broader set of workshops that collectively makeup the Berg-Breede case study
We will be running workshops targeted at different audiences:
(i) Researchers, students and other university project team members to reflect on lessons learnt from knowledge-coproduction processes and project-based work in the Berg-Breede and other spaces (These were held on 16 and 23 April and 7 May and archived in this website)
(ii) Non-academic interest groups in the Berg-Breede such as practitioners, civil society and policy organisations (These will be held on 6 and 13 August 2021)
(iii) Core team (ACDI, SU), curriculum and education experts, and any interested participants from the workshops listed above (i and ii) to reflect on the implications for what, how, where, why and to whom we teach knowledge coproduction (± September 2021)
The Berg-Breede case study has been approved for research ethics clearance by the UCT Faculty of Science Ethics Committee. Read the ethics approval here.
Read more about about our first workshop series with Transdisciplinary researchers below:
The researcher workshop series had the following objectives:
To reflect on and learn from one another’s experiences of transdisciplinary research in the Berg-Breede catchment and other spaces, in order to improve our collective practice.
To collectively explore how transdisciplinary theories and concepts apply (or don’t) when localised to a particular context such as the Berg-Breede Catchment.
To feed forward to inform the agendas of the workshops planned with practitioners and educators: ‘How do we work better in practice?’ ‘How do we prepare our students better for transdisciplinary settings?’
Day 1:
Day 1:
16 April 2021
16 April 2021
"Surfacing"
"Surfacing"
Day 1 focused on surfacing key issues, concerns and questions that have come up for us through working in the Berg-Breede Catchment.
We will co-develop a framework through which to look at past, present and/or future transdisciplinary projects more critically.
We will co-develop a framework through which to look at past, present and/or future transdisciplinary projects more critically.
Day 2
Day 2
April 2021
April 2021
"Presencing"
"Presencing"
Day 2 focused on sharing findings, outcomes and occurrences that we experienced or witnessed through working in the Berg-Breede Catchment.
We will apply our framework to our experiences to look for connections and gaps in who, where and how we engage with the Catchment.
We will apply our framework to our experiences to look for connections and gaps in who, where and how we engage with the Catchment.
Day 3:
Day 3:
7 May 2021
7 May 2021
"Embodying"
"Embodying"
Day 3 focused on looking ahead and integrating our new knowledge and networks into our future work in the Berg-Breede Catchment.
We will think about teaching, policy and research practice and brainstorm ways of creating a more central hub of information and connections.
We will think about teaching, policy and research practice and brainstorm ways of creating a more central hub of information and connections.
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