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The Merging of Knowledge: A Participatory Approach to Poverty Reduction

Dr. Rachel Bray explores a deeply participatory approach called the Merging of Knowledge for poverty reduction, involving direct collaboration with those experiencing poverty, practitioners, and academics. This approach aims to unveil and address the various dimensions of poverty, guided by principles of equality, citizenship, and collective analysis.

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The Merging of Knowledge: A Participatory Approach to Poverty Reduction

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  1. The Merging of KnowledgeA deeply participatory approachDr Rachel Bray Research Associate Department of Social Policy and Intervention University of Oxford 2019 High-Level Political Forum – Side event

  2. Why did we choose theMerging of Knowledge? SDG Target 1.2 to halve poverty in all its dimensions • But what are the dimensions of poverty and who should decide them? We set out to design research that • prioritises the knowledge of people experiencing poverty • merges this with the knowledge of practitioners and of academics/decision-makers

  3. What is the Merging of Knowledge and how does it work? • An approach to research and practice, founded on principles • Full citizenship for all; every person’s knowledge counts • Guaranteed equality; addresses inherent power dynamics • Based on the idea that our knowledge derives from our lived experience Direct experience of povertyProfessional practiceAcademic research Steered by a team of co-researchers from all backgrounds (halfliving in poverty) Follows steps: • Work in peer groups (20 - 30 hours) • Synthesis of conclusions from each knowledge group (by steering team) • Collective analysis by representatives from all three groups (3 - 10 days)

  4. Merging of knowledgeTime and money to support a steadyprocess

  5. Merging of knowledge => new knowledge via mutual recognition, trust and reflective questioning

  6. Lack of decent work • Social maltreatment Identity Location Disempowerment Disempowerment V • Insufficient & insecure income Suffering, body mind & heart Institutional maltreatment Struggle & resistance Environment & environmental policy Timing & duration • Material & social deprivation Unrecognised contribution Relational dynamics Core experience Privations Culture and beliefs Modifying factors

  7. As importantly, the process achieved… Grounding for lasting change • Transformation for all people/organisations involved • Action follows the deep attitudinal change in everyone • New ways of thinking about poverty • New ways of working…?? • Partnerships between institutions evolve naturally • as grounded in deep collective analysis

  8. Challenges and how to meet them • Requires much time, skill, commitment • Invest wisely to ensure value for all • Choice of stakeholders as peer groups • Adapt to the question and context • Coping with difference when ‘merging’ • Record process towards consensus • Respect disagreement, retain specificity

  9. Clear potentials for the Merging of Knowledge • Further work with children and with older people • Developing further indicators for SDG target 1.2 • Use in policy-making… For more insights, see our newly-released report: Google “The hidden dimensions of poverty”

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