“Methods and Practices of Knowledge Co-Creation in Transdisciplinary Collaborations”

(Johanna Paschen)

The research in subproject 2 discusses and emphasises the importance of just collaborative knowledge co-creation about critical climate and ecological justice. Thus, the research aims to investigate how different actors collaborate and how their collaborative work is influenced by framework conditions to reduce marginalised knowledge and ensure epistemic justice. The focus will be on artists, artistic researchers, scientists in the field of climate and ecology, societal actors, and living more-than-human and environmental forces.  That means that every actor’s knowledge and experiences are equally represented, and on eye-level knowledge production is happening. Thereby, art is highlighted with the potential of reflexivity and critical analysis and is not well served by the mere communication of scientific results in transdisciplinary collaborations aiming to co-create knowledge.

Johanna’s role as a transdisciplinary expert in this subproject is to conduct research, observe, and reflect on applied practices, methods, and existing dynamics in external and established EcoArtLab collaborations.