Annexes One to Twelve

(2011) indicates that the knowledge and values of the initiator of the CBR project (whether it is the community or the researcher) are typically privileged in the course of the CBR partnership, leading to tensions or discursive frictions that may hamper the research goals of the CBR project. [...] also note that in situations where academic researchers develop the research agenda and determine the issues before collaborating with the community, the researchers hold most of the power and it becomes difficult to share ownership of the project and engage members of the community meaningfully because the academic researchers have predetermined goals and they may not share the same interests wit. [...] The authors are of the opinion that being inclusive or engaging the community for rural co-operatives in Ethiopia means: open membership to all individuals, all individuals irrespective of membership benefit from the activities of the organization and the extent to which a participatory decision-making model pervades the organization. [...] The study details how preexisting authority structures of a community in Ghana helped facilitate community engagement and a sense of control of the research process by the community, which in turn fostered increased community involvement in the research project. [...] The authors show that the concept of community engagement is unsettled by highlighting the contentions in the meaning of community and engagement in research circles.