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Transdisciplinarity in research about agrifood systems transitions: A pragmatist approach to processes of attachment

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The much-needed transformations of agrifood systems call for novel approaches that are able to bring together a diversity of actors' and institutions' knowledge and visions. While within the literature about participatory research and transdisciplinarity, many articles have discussed the issue of actor involvement, few have addressed it regarding agrifood system transitions, which are the focus of this paper. Inspired by recent work suggesting a pragmatist approach to stakeholder involvement and collective processes of problem framing and solving, this study (based on a reflexive analysis of six different projects involving different approaches to stakeholder involvement) developed an actor-oriented approach focused on what the motivations to enroll actors and for them to be enrolled are, and on the analysis of the diverse visions and controversies at play. The main outcome of this analysis is that a key issue regarding stakeholder involvement appears to be whether the diverse stakeholders and researchers involved share the sense of being part of a "community of fate" that makes them feel individually "affected" but also collectively "attached" to a shared problem and possibly to a shared future. This is not fixed and stable but can be reinforced through the research-action process itself, which should produce this collective attachment.
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hal-02621286 , version 1 (26-05-2020)

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Claire Lamine. Transdisciplinarity in research about agrifood systems transitions: A pragmatist approach to processes of attachment. Sustainability, 2018, 10 (4), 18 p. ⟨10.3390/su10041241⟩. ⟨hal-02621286⟩
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