Multiple Epistemologies

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Participatory research: An emerging alternative methodology in social science research
(Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 1982) Kassam, Yusuf; Mustafa, Kemal
Participatory evaluation of the M. Puthur rural expansion project of national Y.W.C.A.
(Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) , 1986-08) Manilal V.
Set against the backdrop of post-disaster rehabilitation in Tamil Nadu, this paper presents a participatory evaluation of the M. Puthur Rural Expansion Project initiated by the YWCA of India. The study examines how efforts in adult education, Mahila Mandals, and youth clubs shaped local leadership and created early forms of village-based organization. Through field discussions, community meetings, and self-assessments, the evaluation traces both the possibilities of collective action and the limitations faced in sustaining it. The research positions participatory evaluation not simply as a technical exercise, but as a process that reveals how communities negotiate leadership, self-reliance, and their relationship with external agencies. In doing so, it leaves open questions about how such initiatives might deepen local control and reshape the role of supporting institutions.
Beyond epistemicide: Knowledge democracy and higher education
(UNESCO Chair, 2015) Hall, Budd L
As universities grapple with their role in a world marked by inequality and ecological crisis, the question of whose knowledge counts has become impossible to ignore. This paper situates higher education within a longer history of epistemicide, the systematic erasure of indigenous and marginalized ways of knowing, and examines how knowledge democracy offers a path toward repair. By drawing on examples of community-based research and indigenous scholarship, it argues for reimagining universities as sites of dialogue rather than dominance, where multiple epistemologies can coexist. The study underscores both the transformative promise and the unresolved tensions of this shift, positioning knowledge democracy less as a finished framework than as an unfolding experiment in rebalancing power and voice.
Promoting fair and equitable research partnerships to respond to global challenges
(Rethinking Research Collaborative, 2018) Fransman, Jude; Hall, Budd L; Hayman, Rachel; Narayanan, Pradeep; Newman, Kate; Tandon, Rajesh
A Call for a dialogue between knowledges
(2020) Hall, Budd L
Editorial: Knowledge democracy for a transforming world
(UTS ePress, 2020) Hall, Budd L; Tandon, Rajesh
The past five decades have seen enormous, worldwide growth in, and appreciation of, knowledge democracy - the discourse which we have found best contains the various theoretical approaches, values and practices within which participatory research exists. This Introduction outlines our understanding of knowledge democracy, which can be expressed by a number of principles: (1) Recognition of a multiplicity of epistemologies and ways of knowing; (2) Openness to assembling, representing and sharing knowledge in multiple forms (including traditional academic formats and all manner of social and arts-based approaches); (3) Recognition that knowledge emerging from the daily lives of excluded persons is an essential tool for social movements and other transformational strategies; and the (4) Requirement to carefully balance the need to protect the ownership of communities' knowledge with the need to share knowledge in a free and open access manner. We are pleased to present five articles from around the world that broaden and deepen our understanding of knowledge democracy -from a theoretical perspective, a practice perspective, an ontological perspective, and an action or political perspective.
Knowledge democracy and diverse epistemologies: Inspired by the book “Socially responsible higher education: International perspectives on knowledge democracy”
(UNESCO Chair, 2021) Tandon, Rajesh; Hall, Budd L