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Co-production of Knowledge in Action
Emancipatory Strategies for Urban Equality
A postcolonial examination of co-production as an urban development strategy.
In urban development, co-production refers to a strategy that prioritizes collaboration across multiple institutions and with citizens, aiming to enable conflict resolution and transformative change. However, critics contend that these theoretical ambitions often have limited practical impact. Co-production of Knowledge in Action examines how co-production is articulated and deployed in cities such as Lima, Freetown, Kampala, Dar es Salaam, and Delhi. It engages with ongoing experiences of co-production-inspired action, mapping the different aspirations that inform co-production practices and their impacts on urban communities. Critiquing co-production strategies for urban development in relation to practical experiences in these cities, this volume adopts a postcolonial approach to knowledge production as a means to transform urban planning practices.
In urban development, co-production refers to a strategy that prioritizes collaboration across multiple institutions and with citizens, aiming to enable conflict resolution and transformative change. However, critics contend that these theoretical ambitions often have limited practical impact. Co-production of Knowledge in Action examines how co-production is articulated and deployed in cities such as Lima, Freetown, Kampala, Dar es Salaam, and Delhi. It engages with ongoing experiences of co-production-inspired action, mapping the different aspirations that inform co-production practices and their impacts on urban communities. Critiquing co-production strategies for urban development in relation to practical experiences in these cities, this volume adopts a postcolonial approach to knowledge production as a means to transform urban planning practices.
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Unlocking co-production in practice
Cassidy Johnson and Vanesa Castán Broto
Part I: Understanding the contexts for co-production
1. Co-production: the power of societal knowledge in post-ante planning of informal settlements: experiences from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Kyessi, A.G, Kombe, W.J, Limbumba T.M. and Magina, F.B.
1.
Knowledge co-production for transformation in low-income settlements in urban Africa: the case of Kampala, Uganda
Shuaib Lwasa, Paul I Mukwaya, Judith Mbabazi, Teddy Kisembo, Hafisa Namuli, Hakimu Sseviiri, Disan Byarugaba, Gloria Nsangi, Moses Nadiope, Kareem Buyana, Daniel Ochieng Ologe
2.
Towards a fairer Lima: collective infrastructures and governance in precarious neighbourhoods
Belen Desmaison, Luciana Gallardo, Kelly Jaime, Paola Córdova, Lia Alarcón, Luis Rodríguez Rivero
3.
Participatory action research and Sentipensante: the precursor of coproduction and the kernel for a decolonial urbanism
Catalina Ortiz
Part II: Co-producing knowledge
4.
Co-production as a practice of emancipation: perspectives from a community development and savings network in Yangon, Myammar
Marina Kolovou Kouri and Shoko Sakuma
5.
Co-producing knowledge: methods, moments and experiences from the Main Bhi Dilli Campaign, India
Malavika Narayan, Rashee Mehra, Ruchika Lall
6.
Self-provisioning and reproduction of urban economic spaces through waste Micro-Small-Medium Enterprises (MSME) in Kampala, Uganda
Teddy Kisembo, Hafisa Namuli, Shuaib Lwasa, Paul I Mukwaya, Judith Mbabazi, Hakimu Sseviiri, Disan Byarugaba and Moses Nadiop
7.
Co-creation of Nakhon Sawan Community Development Network in Thailand
Supreeya Wungpatcharapon and members of the Community Act Network, Nakhon Sawan Community Development Network, Thanatip Dumrongpiriyakul and Khakhanang Jonganurak
8.
Co-production processes for advancing urban equality in Freetown, Sierra Leone: Insights from learning platforms
Joseph Mustapha Macarthy, Braima Koroma and Emmanuel Osuteye
9. Co-producing an international urban equality agenda through GOLD VI: The transformative potential of global report making processes
Camila Cociña, Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Caren Levy, Edgardo Bilsky, Ainara Fernández Tortosa, Cécile Roth and Anna Calvete Moreno
Part III: Expanding the co-production experience
10.
Engaging with knowledge co-production: critical reflections from global doctoral researchers
Whitney Banyai-Becker, Amy R Riley-Powell, Jhono Bennett, Aline Fernandes Barata, Nihal O. Hafez, Abass Bolaji Isiaka, Albert Nyiti, Nikolett Puskás, Alejandro Vallejo, Julia Youngs
11.
Co-producing community-based development in informal settlements in Tanzania: A brief history of the Centre for Community Initiatives
Tim Ndezi and Emmanuel Osuteye
12.
From pathways to desire lines: transforming urban change through co-production
Zarina Patel
13. Liberating ‘expertise’: Knowledge co-production as emancipatory practice
Caren Levy and Barbara Lipietz
Afterword: Provisional conclusions and final thoughts
Vanesa Castán Broto and Cassidy Johnson
List of tables
List of contributors
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Unlocking co-production in practice
Cassidy Johnson and Vanesa Castán Broto
Part I: Understanding the contexts for co-production
1. Co-production: the power of societal knowledge in post-ante planning of informal settlements: experiences from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Kyessi, A.G, Kombe, W.J, Limbumba T.M. and Magina, F.B.
1.
Knowledge co-production for transformation in low-income settlements in urban Africa: the case of Kampala, Uganda
Shuaib Lwasa, Paul I Mukwaya, Judith Mbabazi, Teddy Kisembo, Hafisa Namuli, Hakimu Sseviiri, Disan Byarugaba, Gloria Nsangi, Moses Nadiope, Kareem Buyana, Daniel Ochieng Ologe
2.
Towards a fairer Lima: collective infrastructures and governance in precarious neighbourhoods
Belen Desmaison, Luciana Gallardo, Kelly Jaime, Paola Córdova, Lia Alarcón, Luis Rodríguez Rivero
3.
Participatory action research and Sentipensante: the precursor of coproduction and the kernel for a decolonial urbanism
Catalina Ortiz
Part II: Co-producing knowledge
4.
Co-production as a practice of emancipation: perspectives from a community development and savings network in Yangon, Myammar
Marina Kolovou Kouri and Shoko Sakuma
5.
Co-producing knowledge: methods, moments and experiences from the Main Bhi Dilli Campaign, India
Malavika Narayan, Rashee Mehra, Ruchika Lall
6.
Self-provisioning and reproduction of urban economic spaces through waste Micro-Small-Medium Enterprises (MSME) in Kampala, Uganda
Teddy Kisembo, Hafisa Namuli, Shuaib Lwasa, Paul I Mukwaya, Judith Mbabazi, Hakimu Sseviiri, Disan Byarugaba and Moses Nadiop
7.
Co-creation of Nakhon Sawan Community Development Network in Thailand
Supreeya Wungpatcharapon and members of the Community Act Network, Nakhon Sawan Community Development Network, Thanatip Dumrongpiriyakul and Khakhanang Jonganurak
8.
Co-production processes for advancing urban equality in Freetown, Sierra Leone: Insights from learning platforms
Joseph Mustapha Macarthy, Braima Koroma and Emmanuel Osuteye
9. Co-producing an international urban equality agenda through GOLD VI: The transformative potential of global report making processes
Camila Cociña, Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Caren Levy, Edgardo Bilsky, Ainara Fernández Tortosa, Cécile Roth and Anna Calvete Moreno
Part III: Expanding the co-production experience
10.
Engaging with knowledge co-production: critical reflections from global doctoral researchers
Whitney Banyai-Becker, Amy R Riley-Powell, Jhono Bennett, Aline Fernandes Barata, Nihal O. Hafez, Abass Bolaji Isiaka, Albert Nyiti, Nikolett Puskás, Alejandro Vallejo, Julia Youngs
11.
Co-producing community-based development in informal settlements in Tanzania: A brief history of the Centre for Community Initiatives
Tim Ndezi and Emmanuel Osuteye
12.
From pathways to desire lines: transforming urban change through co-production
Zarina Patel
13. Liberating ‘expertise’: Knowledge co-production as emancipatory practice
Caren Levy and Barbara Lipietz
Afterword: Provisional conclusions and final thoughts
Vanesa Castán Broto and Cassidy Johnson