Knowledge Mobilization
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Knowledge mobilization is the process of creating value or a value stream
through the creation, assimilation, leveraging, sharing and application of
focused knowledge to a bounded community, i.e., the effective creation, movement
and tailoring of knowledge from its source (researcher or expert) to its
application (practitioner, community leader, community) such that consequent
actions are effective and beneficial and permit action learning.
Knowledge mobilization (KMb) has both subtle and structural difference from
knowledge management (KM). The KM focus is largely tied to organizational
mission needs. KMb, as envisioned by the authors, is focused on new
knowledge that has emerged (and is in the process of emerging) through research,
with implementation driven by the content of that research and the identified
stakeholder groups that are perceived as "needing" the application of that
knowledge. In other words, the end goal in the social sciences and
humanities is focused on altruistic support to bounded citizen groups or local
communities. This introduces a difference in perspective, with KM being a
broad field (not a discipline) that is intended to improve organizations through
the effective creation, sharing, leveraging and application of knowledge, and
KMb (bounded activity) being a process (or group of inter-related processes) for
moving specific knowledge to action to value. KMb, with its focus on
specific knowledge, considers the nature of the knowledge involved and the
learning and development of process participants, as well as the value (or value
stream) created.
Since knowledge itself is situation-dependent and context sensitive, in
a complex, uncertain and changing environment effective knowledge emerges from
the ongoing process of collaborative entanglement, purposely and consistently
developing and supporting approaches and processes that connect the sources of
knowledge and the beneficiaries of that knowledge to create collaborative
advantage toward a common direction such as a community need. Action
learning, action research, appreciative inquiry, community service-learning,
participatory inquiry and social marketing are representative approaches that
contribute to collaborative entanglement.
MQIPress has published a new book entitled Knowledge Mobilization in the
Social Sciences and Humanities: Moving From Research to Action. The
book was created in cooperation with The Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada (SSHRC) and with Katherine Fafard, marc Fonda, Ted Lomond,
Laurent Messier and Nicole Vaugeois. Explore the
Contents, Foreward and Preface (PDF, 15 pages) e-mail
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Cover
(back and front)
Contents, Foreward by Francisco Javier Carrillo, and Preface (PDF, 15 pages)
Chapter
1: Exploring Knowledge Mobilization (PDF, 16 pages)
Chapter
2: Theory and Approaches (PDF, 26 pages)
Chapter
3: The KMb Program and Process (PDF, 17 pages)
Chapter
4: The KMb Activities Model (PDF, 18 pages)
Chapter
5: Involving and Evolving Students (PDF, 18 pages)
Chapter
6: Execution in the Action Space (PDF, 18 pages)
Chapter
7: Outcomes and Impacts (PDF, 16 pages)
Chapter
8: The KIS of SSHRC (A mini case study) (12 pages)
Chapter
9: Power Plus Comes of Age (PDF, 15 pages)
Appendices (PDF, 32 pages)
(A) Events, (B) Publications, (C) Meta-Tools, (D) Sustainability, (E) KMb and
Students, (F) Workshop Agenda
References (PDF, 8 pages)
Index
(PDF, 6 pages)
Contributors (PDF, 4 pages)
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rights reserved. In the spirit of collaborative advantage, with
attribution, any part of this book may be copied and distributed freely. To keep
MQI Press publishing, donations are welcome.
Key Definitions:
Knowledge mobilization is the process of creating value or a value
stream through the creation, assimilation, leveraging, sharing and application
of focused knowledge to a bounded community.
Value streams connote the challenge of developing solutions to
community issues that are sustainable and effective. | 
