TY - JOUR
T1 - Can everyone hear me?
T2 - reflections on the use of global online workshops for promoting inclusive knowledge generation
AU - Egid, Beatrice
AU - Ozano, Kim
AU - Hegel, Guillermo
AU - Zimmerman, Emily
AU - López, Yaimie
AU - Roura, Maria
AU - Sheikhattari, Payam
AU - Jones, Laundette
AU - Dias, Sónia
AU - Wallerstein, Nina
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported through the UKRI GCRF Accountability for Informal Urban Equity Hub (ARISE), a UKRI Collective Fund award; COUNTDOWN (Calling time on Neglected Tropical Diseases) funded by UKAID within the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); the ‘Governance and Accountability for Urban Health in Guatemala’ project funded by the Directors Catalyst Fund (LSTM) and the Centre for Health Systems Strengthening (CHESS) at LSTM. In addition, we would like to extend our thanks to Cintia Cansado-Utrilla for her support in translation and transcription and to Manuel Ramirez for helping to recruit participants in the Latin American region. We thank the Evaluation Working Group of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research for stimulating and supporting this research. Finally, we extend our deepest thanks to all the participants who took part in the workshops.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Online research methods have risen in popularity over recent decades, particularly in the wake of COVID-19. We conducted five online workshops capturing the experiences of participatory health researchers in relation to power, as part of a collaborative project to develop global knowledge systems on power in participatory health research. These workshops included predominantly academic researchers working in 24 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Here, we reflect on the opportunities, limitations, and key considerations of using online workshops for knowledge generation and shared learning. The online workshop approach offers the potential for cross-continental knowledge exchange and for the amplification of global South voices. However, this study highlights the need for deeper exploration of power dynamics exposed by online platform use, particularly the ‘digital divide’ between academic partners and community co-researchers. Further research is needed to better understand the role of online platforms in generating more inclusive knowledge systems.
AB - Online research methods have risen in popularity over recent decades, particularly in the wake of COVID-19. We conducted five online workshops capturing the experiences of participatory health researchers in relation to power, as part of a collaborative project to develop global knowledge systems on power in participatory health research. These workshops included predominantly academic researchers working in 24 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Here, we reflect on the opportunities, limitations, and key considerations of using online workshops for knowledge generation and shared learning. The online workshop approach offers the potential for cross-continental knowledge exchange and for the amplification of global South voices. However, this study highlights the need for deeper exploration of power dynamics exposed by online platform use, particularly the ‘digital divide’ between academic partners and community co-researchers. Further research is needed to better understand the role of online platforms in generating more inclusive knowledge systems.
KW - Communication technologies
KW - decolonizing research
KW - equity
KW - inclusion
KW - knowledge generation
KW - knowledge systems
KW - online research
KW - participation
KW - participatory research
KW - power
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107676479&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/14687941211019585
DO - 10.1177/14687941211019585
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107676479
SN - 1468-7941
JO - Qualitative Research
JF - Qualitative Research
ER -