AIMS

The focus of this workshop is on the research methodologies that can create / have created democratic knowledge. We will explore: ‘What is democratic knowledge?’; ‘What are the characteristics of democratizing research?’ and ‘What methodologies support democratization as research?’

Specifically we propose to examine:

• The ‘Raconter la vie’ project --- its goals and methods;
• Democratic research methods
• Democratic transdisciplinarity --- methods of researching complexity;
• The ‘ethnographies of accountability’ project – its methodologies and challenges;
• Researching the voiceless --- (paradoxes) of ‘giving voice’.

Participants:

• Stephen Sawyer (U of Chicago Paris & Professor at AUP) assessing ‘Raconter la vie’;
• Hugo Letiche (IMT-BS): research as (potential) democratization.
• Ivo de Loo (Nyenrode BS) / Hugo Letiche (IMT-BS) / Jean-Luc Moriceau (IMT-BS): ‘Ethnographies of Accountability’ and the dilemmas of social studies in democratic accountability.
• Jean-Luc Moriceau (IMT-BS): a critique of ‘Raconter la vie’
• Phillippe Mairesse (ICN & Chaire Unesco): reflections and images.
• Robert Earhart (AUP): researching outcastes.
• Albert Cath (AUP): tales of sustainability.