FAO Fisheries Circular No. 965
New approaches to participation in fisheries research
by
Jock Cambell
and
Venkatesh Salagrama
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FAO Fisheries Circular No. 965 New approaches to participation in fisheries researchby |
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT UNIT FOR INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESEARCH Rome 2001 |
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PART A - CONTEXT AND RATIONALE
1. PARTICIPATION: INTRODUCING THE CONCEPTS
1.1 PARTICIPATION: AN EVOLVING CONCEPT
1.1.1 RHETORIC OR REALITY?
1.1.2 DEFINING PARTICIPATION
1.1.3 THE HISTORIC CONTEXT
1.1.4 PARTICIPATION IN FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT1.2 APPROACHES AND METHODS OF PARTICIPATION
1.2.1 APPROACHES TO PARTICIPATION
1.2.2 METHODS USED IN PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES1.3 REASONS FOR INTEREST IN PARTICIPATION
2.1.1 RESEARCH IN NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
2.1.2 RESEARCH'S CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT
2.1.3 RESEARCH AND DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS2.2.1 LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION
2.2.2 CONSTRAINTS TO PARTICIPATION2.3 TOWARDS A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH
2.3.1 THE LANGUAGE OF PARTICIPATION
2.3.2 AN EXPANDED FRAMEWORK FOR PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH
3.1 THE AIMS AND PRIORITIES OF FORMAL FISHERIES RESEARCH
3.2 MODERN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS IN FISHERIES
3.3 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FORMAL FISHERIES RESEARCH4. INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS IN FISHERIES
4.1 GENERATING AND TRANSFERRING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
4.2 THE SCOPE, EXTENT AND USE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN FISHERIES5. COLLABORATION BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCHERS
5.1 THE EXPERIENCE OF PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURE
5.2 THE EXPERIENCE OF PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH IN FISHERIES
5.3 UNDERLYING MOTIVES FOR INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN FISHERIES RESEARCH
PART C - OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
6. INTEGRATION OF FORMAL AND TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS
6.1 THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF MORE BALANCED PARTICIPATION
6.2 ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED6.2.1 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SECTOR
6.2.2 INSTITUTIONAL RESISTANCE
6.2.3 COST
6.2.4 POLITICAL RESISTANCE
6.2.5 EMPOWERMENT
6.2.6 LIMITATIONS OF THE APPROACHES AND METHODS
6.2.7 RESEARCH VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
6.2.8 RESEARCH ETHICS6.3 TOWARDS GREATER PARTICIPATION IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS
6.3.1 AWARENESS RAISING
6.3.2 CHANGE OF INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES
6.3.3 DEFINING THE RESEARCH NEED
6.3.4 DEFINING THE METHODOLOGY
6.3.5 ASSIGNING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
6.3.6 IDENTIFICATION OF METHODS
6.3.7 RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION
6.3.8 ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH RESULTS
6.3.9 DISSEMINATION OF THE RESEARCH RESULTS
6.3.10 APPLICATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE POLICY PROCESS
6.3.11 IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY
6.3.12 EVALUATION OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
6.3.13 RESEARCH AGENDA SETTING AND PRIORITISATION7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX A: PARTICIPATORY METHODS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN FISHERIES RESOURCES RESEARCH