Exploring partnerships between Academia and Disabled Persons’ Organisations : lessons learned from collaborative research in Africa
Date
2019
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Publisher
Institute of Development Studies
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this article, we discuss how our academic research on disability and international development in five African countries has benefited hugely from active collaboration with advocates, practitioners, and policymakers, ultimately ensuring that research evidence is used to inform policy and practice. Whilst building such partnerships is seen as good practice, it is particularly important when working on disability issues, as the clarion call of the disability movement, ‘nothing about us without us’, attests. This is not just a slogan. Without the active and critical engagement of disabled people – as researchers, participants, advocates – the evidence gathered would not have the same impact. This article discusses experiences from research in Liberia, Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Zambia. It highlights the challenges and opportunities such partnerships can bring in achieving the goals of leaving no one behind and doing nothing without the active engagement and inclusion of persons with disabilities.
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CITATION: Kett, M., et al. 2019. Exploring partnerships between Academia and Disabled Persons’ Organisations : lessons learned from collaborative research in Africa.
IDS Bulletin, 50(1):65-78, doi:10.19088/1968-2019.106.
The original publication is available at https://bulletin.ids.ac.uk/index.php/idsbo
The original publication is available at https://bulletin.ids.ac.uk/index.php/idsbo
Keywords
Disability -- Africa, Education, Higher – Research -- Africa, Disabled people -- Care, Research and development partnership -- Africa, People with disabilities -- Africa, Academic-industrial collaboration, Participant observation -- Africa
Citation
Kett, M., et al. 2019. Exploring partnerships between Academia and Disabled Persons’ Organisations : lessons learned from collaborative research in Africa.
IDS Bulletin, 50(1):65-78, doi:10.19088/1968-2019.106