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Communities of Practice

Knowledge mobilisation strategies and techniques Emily Gagnon and Professor Angie Hart Boingboing social enterprise/University of Brighton. Communities of Practice. “…groups of people informally bound together by shared expertise and passion for a joint enterprise” (Wenger & Snyder, 2000)

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Communities of Practice

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  1. Knowledge mobilisation strategies and techniquesEmily Gagnon and Professor Angie HartBoingboing social enterprise/University of Brighton

  2. Communities of Practice “…groups of people informally bound together by shared expertise and passion for a joint enterprise” (Wenger & Snyder, 2000) • Emphasise sharing and mutuality • No fixed boundaries between the ‘experts’ and the ‘non-experts’ • Expectation that members will work across organisational and disciplinary boundaries • Challenging current structures and hierarchies

  3. Active Community University Partnership Relationships Canada: Halifax, Toronto, Victoria England: Brighton, Hastings, London, Durham, Sheffield Scotland: Edinburgh, Stirling Sweden: Västerås, Gothenburg Germany:Osnabrück Wales: Newport Australia: Sydney Greece: Crete Malaysia: Kuching

  4. The hope is that they: • Accumulate knowledge and become bound by the value they find in learning about the issue together • Develop a unique perspective on the issue or problem, as well as a body of common knowledge, practices and approaches (eg tools, standards, manuals, materials) • Develop personal relationships and established ways of interacting with each other www.cupp.org.uk

  5. Forms of participation transactional lurkers outsiders peripheral occasional experts alumni active beginners core group leaders coordinator sponsors www.cupp.org.uk

  6. A few things to read… • https://researchimpact.othree.ca/forums/journalclub/mobilisingknowledgeincommunityuniversitypartnershipswhatdoesacommuni • www.boingboing.org.uk • Just start a these two places, and you can follow up a load of links if you like reading…

  7. Contact and follow up • Cupp network. For news and discussion, free to join but need to register: • www.cuppcop.ning.com Cupp website – details of our work and sign up for email newsletter: www.brighton.ac.uk/cupp

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