To share some further ideas on how we've repackaged science (or complemented it with 'farmer science') in a couple of projects:
In the Nile Basin Development Challenge (one of the Basins that formed part of the CPWF) we have been using:
- Participatory video (https://nilebdc.org/?s=participatory+video)
- Games (on strategic use of natural resources) e.g. Wat-A-Game (adapted with AfroMaison partners from the original W-A-G) and proprietary 'Happy Strategies' game: https://nilebdc.org/?s=game
- We piloted a VIP dinner at the end of the program to present our key messages and further develop our relationships with key decision-makers and partners. During that dinner we presented our eight key messages in various ways (video, audio, Powerpoint, digital story etc.) https://nilebdc.org/2013/11/19/nbdc-closing/
- Digital stories (https://nilebdc.org/2013/02/10/digital-stories/)
In Africa RISING:
- We have been using storytelling and photo-journalism trips to gather testimonies from farmers about their strategies with sustainable intensification and to illustrate program work in the regions where we are active: a.o. https://africa-rising.net/2013/12/18/cps-ghana3/ and https://africa-rising.net/2014/02/06/cps-ghana4/
- We are currently working on a possibly interactive visual to depict the complexity of sustainable intensification and whole farming systems.
In the Climate Change Social Learning initiative of CCAFS (more about this at: https://ccsl.wikispaces.com/) we have developed a whiteboard video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pKaoD5sGjw) a la RSA Works, to attract attention to the set of issues we are working on. In that initiative we are generally turning the research as part of other activities, through a broad 'social learning' approach that engages all partners and parties concerned - we believe a very hopeful (if not brand-new)
And, although there is nothing unheard of in this, across all these projects we also make strategic use of events for interactive conversations that challenge our science and the way we share it with other people...
All these examples are a good testimony that CGIAR centres, research programs and partners are looking for alternative, more engaging and more effective ways to make sure that science is developed with a careful eye for its use and for the relationships that need to be built along the way in order for that to happen!
Great post and great initiatives!
To share some further ideas on how we've repackaged science (or complemented it with 'farmer science') in a couple of projects:
In the Nile Basin Development Challenge (one of the Basins that formed part of the CPWF) we have been using:
- Participatory video (https://nilebdc.org/?s=participatory+video)
- Games (on strategic use of natural resources) e.g. Wat-A-Game (adapted with AfroMaison partners from the original W-A-G) and proprietary 'Happy Strategies' game: https://nilebdc.org/?s=game
- We piloted a VIP dinner at the end of the program to present our key messages and further develop our relationships with key decision-makers and partners. During that dinner we presented our eight key messages in various ways (video, audio, Powerpoint, digital story etc.) https://nilebdc.org/2013/11/19/nbdc-closing/
- Digital stories (https://nilebdc.org/2013/02/10/digital-stories/)
In Africa RISING:
- We have been using storytelling and photo-journalism trips to gather testimonies from farmers about their strategies with sustainable intensification and to illustrate program work in the regions where we are active: a.o. https://africa-rising.net/2013/12/18/cps-ghana3/ and https://africa-rising.net/2014/02/06/cps-ghana4/
- We are currently working on a possibly interactive visual to depict the complexity of sustainable intensification and whole farming systems.
In the Climate Change Social Learning initiative of CCAFS (more about this at: https://ccsl.wikispaces.com/) we have developed a whiteboard video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pKaoD5sGjw) a la RSA Works, to attract attention to the set of issues we are working on. In that initiative we are generally turning the research as part of other activities, through a broad 'social learning' approach that engages all partners and parties concerned - we believe a very hopeful (if not brand-new)
And, although there is nothing unheard of in this, across all these projects we also make strategic use of events for interactive conversations that challenge our science and the way we share it with other people...
All these examples are a good testimony that CGIAR centres, research programs and partners are looking for alternative, more engaging and more effective ways to make sure that science is developed with a careful eye for its use and for the relationships that need to be built along the way in order for that to happen!
Again, many thanks for your great post!