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Application of participatory principles to investigation of the natural world: An example from Chile

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  • Schumann, Sarah

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Participatory research in environmental and natural resources-related fields is premised on many of the same notions that underlie participatory processes in decision making. This study examines one instance of participatory research to assess the extent to which the documented benefits of participatory decision-making hold up in the context of research. A survey of Chilean shell-fishers engaged in research with marine biologists assesses the relationships between four variables: fishers' participation in research, fishers' opinions of biologists, fishers' trust in biologists, and fishers' acquisition of knowledge from biologists. Results illuminate the multidimensionality of these variables and suggest that complex interrelationships between them make the benefits of participatory research more nuanced than those reported for participatory decision-making. For instance, participatory research may provide low benefits when participatory research outcomes differ little from those produced solely by scientists. In addition, high-cost scenarios may result when outcomes of participatory research are inferior to those produced solely by scientists. A third downside may result when participation leads participants to increase their deference to scientific knowledge, thereby defeating the corroborative purpose of their participation. A fourth effect may occur when increased trust by in scientists results from participation, decreasing participants' perceived need to take part in research.

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  • Schumann, Sarah, 2010. "Application of participatory principles to investigation of the natural world: An example from Chile," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(6), pages 1196-1202, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:34:y:2010:i:6:p:1196-1202
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    1. Dentoni, Domenico & Klerkx, Laurens, 2015. "Co-managing public research in Australian fisheries through convergence–divergence processes," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 259-271.
    2. Jennifer Bailey & Murat Van Ardelan & Klaudia L. Hernández & Humberto E. González & José Luis Iriarte & Lasse Mork Olsen & Hugo Salgado & Rachel Tiller, 2015. "Interdisciplinarity as an Emergent Property: The Research Project “CINTERA” and the Study of Marine Eutrophication," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(7), pages 1-22, July.

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