The future as a public good: Decolonising the future through anticipatory participatory action research
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to nurture reflections on the colonization of the future in the present with a particular focus on Africa. This paper aims at exploring how participatory research and particularly anticipatory action research can contribute to a decolonising process. Design/methodology/approach: Considering the future as a public good, this paper develops a reflection on the colonization processes that can turn it into a club or a private good. This paper mobilizes the notions of participatory knowledge production and local action research as a way to decolonize the future and empower imagination. This paper revisits the tenets of participatory action research as a means to achieve this objective and discusses the main features of a non-colonial anticipatory action research in the context of African futures. Findings: This paper highlights the challenges associated with connecting anticipatory endeavours focusing on action research, the creation of collective intelligence and co-design, with the intention of encouraging the decolonisation process. It includes design principles and anticipates a possible process of counter-decolonization. Research limitations/implications: This is a conceptual paper, which does not provide field-tested evidence. Yet, the authors hope it serves as an input enabling to design methodologies that will prevent the colonisation of the future when engaging in future-oriented research activities in Africa and elsewhere. Originality/value: This paper provides an integral approach to the colonisation of the future, as a renewed old question. This paper also connects this process with a reflection on the nature of what could be non-colonizing anticipatory action research.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | U70 - Sciences humaines et sociales, E14 - Économie et politique du développement, recherche participative, biens communs, gestion des connaissances, recherche sur l'action participative, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_71af8999, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_778a14cf, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37890, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_e611101d, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_165, |
| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/601637/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/601637/1/draft_Proof_hi.pdf |
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