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Geographies of impact: power, participation and potential

Pain, R.; Kesby, M.; Askins, K.

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Authors

R. Pain

M. Kesby

K. Askins



Abstract

In this paper we offer a critique and an alternative to current proposals to include the economic and social impacts of research in the next UK audit of academic research. In contrast to most responses from UK academics, our argument is for impact; while the growing marketisation of knowledge is to be deplored, resources and activities within universities do have a vital role to play in progressive social change. The problem is that the current proposals will produce and retrench an elite model of power/knowledge relationships. We propose an understanding of impact based on the co-production of knowledge between universities and communities, modelled in research practice in participatory geographies. This is more likely to result in more equitable and radically transformative impacts of knowledge, making us socially accountable rather than driven by economic accountancy.

Citation

Pain, R., Kesby, M., & Askins, K. (2011). Geographies of impact: power, participation and potential. Area, 43(2), 183-188. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00978.x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jun 1, 2011
Deposit Date Sep 16, 2010
Publicly Available Date Jun 1, 2012
Journal Area
Print ISSN 0004-0894
Electronic ISSN 1475-4762
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 43
Issue 2
Pages 183-188
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00978.x
Keywords Impact, Audit, Participatory geographies, Power, Knowledge, UK.

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