LERRN-RRN Webinar | Types of knowledge in Forced Migration: Whose voices and perspectives frame research?
The “gold standard” of knowledge promoted by Western academia has been peer-reviewed journal articles in frequently cited journals. Yet this form of knowledge is not accessible to many people and communities, and it misses other forms of knowledge, like oral or artistic traditions, or knowledge in local languages. What “counts” as knowledge in forced migration? What are the forms of knowledge that various partners recognize as useful and influential in their sectors? What does successful research look like from alternative perspectives? How do different forms of knowledge speak to different goals and different contexts?