Power Dynamics in Co-produced Research for Community Members

Join us for a dynamic discussion on how community members can play a crucial role in research collaborations. This session will explore how research can serve communities’ struggle for justice. We will learn about the power dynamics involved and how to navigate them effectively and explore what it means to resist extractive research and harmful storytelling. Using the practical tools in Voices that Shake!'s Research Report and Guidebook, we'll discuss to build supportive research practice that centres justice, community and healing.

This event is a unique opportunity to engage with fellow community organisers and and share your experiences.

As an attendee of this training, you will:

• Develop your understanding of the historical and current power imbalances between researchers and communities, and ability to recognise power dynamics.
• Increase your confidence in advocating for your role in shaping/ leading the project.
• Increase your confidence in understanding and upholding your own boundaries of what they feel comfortable talking about
• Increase understanding of the researcher's roles and responsibilities within collaborative relationships and what accountability can look like.
  

This training is split into two sessions:

Session 1: Monday 29th April 2024, 1pm – 5pm
Light refreshments provides upon arrival.
This in-person workshop will bring community researchers together to explore their experiences of power dynamics in collaborations with higher education institutions. In order to make this an inclusive and comfortable space for honest discussions, this workshop is for community researchers only.

Session 2: June 2024 (TBC)
This online workshop is a reflective session that will bring together both academics and researchers and community researchers. This session is optional but encouraged.

Who the workshop is for: This workshop is free and is open to all community researchers who are working with, or seeking to work with, King’s researchers on collaborative research projects.
Please note, that this workshop is not for university-based researchers. King's researchers are invited to sign up to a parallel event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-dynamics-in-co-produced-research-for-kings-researchers-tickets-871716596807?aff=oddtdtcreator

Compensation for attending events: All attendees will be offered £75 to contribute towards time spent attending the event. This will be paid as a bank transfer after the workshop, unless otherwise requested. Additional travel expenses and caring costs can also be requested on an individual basis.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals to engage fully. For access inquiries and to discuss additional expenese, please contact nat.1.gohlan@kcl.ac.uk

About the training provider:

Voices that Shake! brings together young people, artists & organisers to develop creative responses to social injustice. Prioritising Black and people of the global majority, Shake! uses a model of personal transformation and structural change to challenge established imbalanced power bases and to re-imagine new infrastructures in opposition to white supremacy, cis-het patriarchy, racial capitalism, colonialism and state violence.

Working intergenerationally, Shake! builds holistic, decolonial and politically radical educational programmes and creative campaigns to foster a catalytic and self-determined community of creative organisers/leaders embedded in and led by the grassroots. Together, they are dismantling, visioning, re-building and cultivating a future praxis and embodiment of transformative justice, systemic change and community accountability

Facilitators: Sai Murray- Facilitation and Partnerships Lead and Annick Météfia- Legacy Programme manager

About the hosts:
This training has been developed by the Impact and Engagement Services , with support from the Culture Team at King’s College London. Impact and Engagement Services provides free consultation, grant writing advise and project costings for those seeking to build impact and engagement plans into research grant proposals. The Culture team facilitate cultural collaborations for research, impact and education across London and beyond.