What can you do to establish a transformative mode of collaboration in research?

[Eyob Balcha Gebremariam]

Transformative collaboration is achieved through complex and reflexive processes of understanding change. Research actors can establish a transformative mode if they are ready to challenge their assumptions, to unlearn procedures and actively seek to establish dignified relationships. In this section, we provide some ideas about what can be done to set up a transformative mode of collaboration in different disciplines and fields of study.

[Isabella Aboderin]

We need to move beyond cosmetic and symbolic modes of collaborative arrangements and engage critically with the current uneven modes of collaboration.

[Puleng Segalo]

At the individual level, I would make a deliberate effort to critically question the relevance and limitations of processes and practices that are normalised in research collaborations. I’d question how these practices are reinforcing inequalities and injustices.

[Eyob Balcha Gebremariam]

Start by reviewing your existing collaborations critically – against the principles of the Africa Charter.

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