scholarly journals The Place of Civil Society in the Creation of Knowledge

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Laura Suarsana ◽  
Heinz-Dieter Meyer ◽  
Johannes Glückler
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Spatial Perspective ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Civic Agency ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

AbstractThis interdisciplinary volume addresses the relations between civil society and knowledge from a social, institutional, and spatial perspective. As knowledge and civil society are co-constitutive (any voluntary civic agency would seem to require a minimum of knowledge and the kinds of civic agency shape the production and use of knowledge), we approach their relationship from two viewpoints: (a) what we know and how we think about the civil society shapes our action in it; (b) the particular relations between knowledge and civil society shape how knowledge in civil society becomes actionable. Adhering to the first imperative, we should carefully reflect and occasionally reconsider our assumptions about civil society. In line with the second imperative, we should carefully distinguish the ways in which civil society impacts knowledge. These range from knowledge creation, its interpretation, and its influence on societal and political discourses to its dissemination through civil society.

scholarly journals Private encroachment through crisis-making: The privatization of education for refugees

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Hang Minh Le
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The State ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Refugee Education ◽  
Privatization Of Education ◽  
Business Principles ◽  
New Space ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Private Actors

How has education for refugees been shaped by broader dynamics of educational privatization? This paper argues that the invoking of the ‘refugee crisis’ narrative has been a crucial force in facilitating the privatization of this sector. The urgency of crisis helps to naturalize private actors’ participation in refugees’ education as equal partners to host governments, multilateral agencies, and civil society. Consistent with Stephen Ball’s (2012) distinction between privatization in and of education, the privatization of refugee education also advances through two dimensions: the creation of a new space – a new ‘market’ – for private actors, and the infusion of market and business principles such as ‘innovation’ into all aspects of education. The crisis narrative has created a new ‘horizon of taken-for-granted’ (Hall, 1993), where it is simply natural that private actors must participate in the assumption of the traditional responsibilities of the state in providing education for refugees. 

scholarly journals Enhancing innovation capability maturity through knowledge conversion

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Esterhuizen ◽  
C. S.L. Schutte ◽  
A. S.A Du Toit
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Strong Basis ◽  
Knowledge Conversion ◽  
Capability Maturity ◽  
Use Of Knowledge ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Subject Theory

Purpose: This research was aimed at investigating organisational support by means of knowledge conversion processes toward maturity growth in innovation capability areas. Problem investigated: No formal guidelines exist for the use of knowledge management to grow innovation capability maturity. As knowledge management plays a fundamental role in an enterprise's ability to innovate successfully, the following question arises: Can knowledge creation processes be used to enable innovation capability maturity growth? Methodology: The literature therefore provides a strong basis for the argument that knowledge management and more specifically knowledge creation processes could be used to improve an enterprise's innovation capability maturity. A knowledge creation framework that enables innovation capability maturity growth was designed by aligning knowledge creation processes to the requirements for innovation capability growth from one maturity level to the next. The time-frame of the research did not allow the implementation of the framework, and five industry and subject theory experts were used to evaluate the framework. Findings: All five experts responded positively to, and were in agreement that the reasoning applied when identifying the specific knowledge creation process path as a key enabler of growth between innovation capability maturity levels is logical and sound. Value of research: The unique research contribution of the framework lies in providing a tangible link between the fields of knowledge management and innovation capability maturity.Conclusion: The impact of this research lies in the development of a knowledge creation framework that provides guidelines for the use of knowledge creation processes as a vehicle for innovation capability maturity growth.

scholarly journals Non-Violent Resistance in Iranian Kurdistan After 1979

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Allan Hassaniyan
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Iranian Revolution ◽  
City Councils ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
The Creation ◽  
New Phase ◽  
The Revolution

This paper sheds light on the significance of the 1979 Iranian Revolution for the Iranian Kurdish movement, arguing that the Revolution provided Iranian Kurds with multifaceted opportunities as well as challenges. In the ensuing years, the Kurdish movement entered into a new phase of its rise. With the emergence of numerous civil society organizations and political parties, the Kurdish movement experienced a hitherto unprecedented growth and diversification of actors and organisations. Kurdish civil society flourished drastically, and a significant part of the Kurdish movement’s challenge to the newly-established government in Tehran was channelled through collective non-violent resistance. The creation of city councils (şoray şar) across Kurdistan constituted the first important challenge to the authority of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, whilst the mobilisation of collective non-violent resistance introduced new forms of resistance to the post-Revolutionary authoritarian state’s policies in Kurdistan.

Making Provincial Kingship in Early Ireland: Cashel and the Creation of Munster

2019 ◽  
pp. 346-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Gleeson
Keyword(s):  
Medieval Period ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Early Medieval Period ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Provincial Capital ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Medieval Ireland

This chapter explores the development of a kingdom of Munster through the lens of the evolution of the Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Traditionally regarded as the provincial capital of Munster from at least the beginning of the early medieval period, it is argued instead that the provincial status of the Rock emerged out of political discourses associated with the creation of a kingdom of Munster during the 7th to 9th centuries. Alternative seas of kingship, rivals to Cashel and the politics associated with these early centres of kingship are explored with reference to their wider implications for provincial models of later prehistoric and early medieval Ireland.

Knowledge and Creativity

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-28
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Creation

In this chapter, the authors stress the importance of the knowledge and creativity for the entrepreneurial activity. The generation of new ideas and opportunity is often dependent on the creation of knowledge and influenced by creativity. In this chapter, the authors analyze the main literature about creativity and knowledge creation.

Stronger Voices?

2010 ◽  
pp. 248-266
Author(s):  
Claire Buré
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Local Information ◽  
Civil Society Organization ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Gain Access

This case study focuses on a civil society organization called Radio Viva in Asunción, Paraguay. It was found that the interactive use of ‘traditional’ and ‘new’ technologies in locally innovative ways was able to meet community needs through the creation of two local products. Specifically, when radio and telephony were integrated with telecentre services (including internet access), new physical and virtual communication spaces were opened up for civic participation. Second, ICT interactivity was found to lead to the creation of locally relevant content production, helping Paraguayan communities to gain access to useful and contextualized information while also turning local ‘information recipients’ into ‘knowledge users’.

Digital University-SME Interaction for Business Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-71
Author(s):  
Heléne Lundberg ◽  
Christina Öberg
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Business Development ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Learning Concept ◽  
Developing Knowledge

This chapter describes and discusses the role of e-learning for small and medium-sized firms' (SME) business development and does so specifically in university-SME interaction related to sparsely populated regions. It is based on the idea that e-learning may provide a valuable means for developing knowledge creation and expansion beyond its educational connotation. A university-SME interaction focusing on business development of firms in remote geographical areas provides ideas on the benefits of e-learning not only for the interaction to be realized, but for the creation of flexibility, interactivity, and the bringing down of guards among the participants. The chapter contributes to previous research through tying together ideas on e-learning, university-SME interaction and business development, and by extending the e-learning concept. Practically, the case study may function as the inspiration for further initiatives.

scholarly journals Choice, power and perspective: The neglected question of who initiates engaged campus-community partnerships

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Glover ◽  
Linda Silka
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Campus Community ◽  
Research Knowledge ◽  
Complex Problems ◽  
University Engagement ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Partnership Approach

To address society’s complex challenges, campus-community partnerships are increasingly being undertaken by academia. As a result, questions of how to ensure that these partnerships succeed have taken on a new urgency. This urgency has led to an emphasis on the creation of ‘how to’ guides focused on the mechanics of building effective partnerships. This article argues that this focus is premature and attention instead needs to be directed to the neglected but ultimately more fundamental question of who is ‘allowed’ to initiate the partnerships. It is argued here that the seemingly simple and straightforward issue of who initiates the partnership leads us into the complex problems of choice, power and perspective which bedevil campus-community partnerships. Until these problems are fully addressed, the partnership approach is unlikely to achieve its status as a central means by which community-university engagement can be realised in academia. Keywords: campus-community partnerships, community engagement, partnership initiation, research, knowledge creation, reciprocity.

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