Alternative Production of Knowledge and Social Representations

Potentia: Journal of International Affairs

Transnational alternative policy groups (TAPGs) are alternative think tanks that mobilize knowledge into social movements and community action. These social movement actors may hold vast potential in correcting inequalities that have, arguably, been prominent during the recent wave of neoliberalism. However, the study of TAPGs is new and thus they are only recently emerging within academic literature. Here, the author contributes to literature on TAPGs, by comparing two TAPGs, from the Global North and South respectively, in order to explore their potential as social movement actors situated within a neoliberal hegemonic global system.

Ethnološka tribina , 2018

In this short piece, we argue for a fundamental reconsideration and reorganization of knowledge production. Intellectual and cultural inequality are part and parcel of socioeconomic inequality. How can we create a better world if we are not clear about the premises behind the knowledge that we have about that world and how it is produced? We need to look carefully at what is silenced and what is said out loud; at what is obscured, hiding in plain sight, or given centre stage. Not only is the task at hand to see clearly what comes into view when these embedded assumptions are excavated. It is also to create new words, new methods, and new institutions that do not repeat the same mistakes. It is a plea to train the next generation differently, so they are prepared to chart a new path toward producing, classifying, and using knowledge in more constructive and inclusive ways.

1) Based on your research experience, what strategies could contribute to establishing a fruitful dialogue between the production of scientific knowledge and other forms of knowledge. How informal practices of knowledge production could enrich and contribute to formal scientific research practices? 2) How do you think non-scientific actors from social movements, indigenous and peasant communities, artists, journalists, etc. could participate in the co-production of scientific knowledge, and how should this participation be recognized? 3) Science is often referred to as secluded in an ivory tower, a selfreferential world that often fails to achieve, or even to care about, outreach and social impact. How could we enhance the role of science as public science, and strengthen the dialogue with other worlds and other actors, such as policy makers and journalists? How can we take advantage of informal means of communication, social networks, platforms, apps, etc. to disseminate knowledge to broader audiences and beyond scientific papers?

In this short piece, we argue for a fundamental reconsideration and reorganization of knowledge production. Intellectual and cultural inequality are part and parcel of socioeconomic inequality. How can we create a better world if we are not clear about the premises behind the knowledge that we have about that world and how it is produced? We need to look carefully at what is silenced and what is said out loud; at what is obscured, hiding in plain sight, or given centre stage. Not only is the task at hand to see clearly what comes into view when these embedded assumptions are excavated. It is also to create new words, new methods, and new institutions that do not repeat the same mistakes. It is a plea to train the next generation differently, so they are prepared to chart a new path toward producing, classifying, and using knowledge in more constructive and inclusive ways.

INSIDE INDONESIA, 2023

Alternative Production of Knowledge and Social Representations, 2012

Jodelet, D. (2012). In R. Permanadeli, D. Jodelet, T. Sugiman (Eds.) (2012). Alternative Production of Knowledge and Social Representations (pp. 55-72). Jakarta, University of Indonesia.

ESSENTIAL AXES OF KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND SOCIOFORMATION.pdf, 2018

This book addresses a new approach to education: the socioformative approach, which seeks to make training by solving problems and addressing challenges from the social context, seeking to improve living conditions and work in the care of the environment. This approach was proposed by Tobón and is currently applied in several countries.

Knowledge System Development: Insights from Indonesia and International Applications illustrates how knowledge systems work in the evidence-based policy making process and the dynamics of different actors in the ecosystem. Applying the Knowledge System Model 2.0 in Indonesia and in selected international case studies, it explores key issues and dynamics in the knowledge-to-policy process in Indonesia and offers important insights for application in other country contexts. Written from the unique vantage point of knowledge system actors themselves in cooperation with development practitioners and researchers, the book captures efforts to clarify the roles of different actors in the knowledge system and how they interacted to influence policy. When the actors and institutions in the knowledge system interact and challenge each other to articulate and commit to a shared purpose, it is easier to navigate the inherent tensions between technical solutions and political objectives to advan...