About the programme
From IKMEmergent
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IKM Emergent is a research and communication programme founded on a critical analysis of current practice in the use of all forms of knowledge, including formal research, within the international development sector. IKM Emergent believes that historically the development sector has adopted a too linear and simplistic understanding of how development takes place and therefore of how it needs to act in order to make change happen. As a result, the sector has generally based its work on too limited a range of knowledges from too limited a range of sources. IKM's philosophy is based on the conception of multiple knowledges, multiple realities.
Understanding relevant multiple knowledges and having the capacity to identify, express, handle, use and share them are central to any effective development practice.
IKM Emergent is an evolving group of development researchers and practitioners who network with others:
- exploring the concept of multiple knowledges and its relevance to development policy and practice
- researching conceptual and practical issues raised by the programme and ways of addressing them
- mapping and making available IKM's work, and related work by others, in order to offer a more holistic and accessible body of knowledge
- identifying and responding to opportunities for communicating with development actors and organisations in order to stimulate and learn from innovation in this area
IKM Emergent is a five year programme which started in 2007, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It has been developed under the auspices of the Information Management Working Group of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) and is administered by the EADI Secretariat, Bonn.
To see more about the programme read the Programme overview (summary) or read our newsletters and other material in the documents section below.
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