Featured Discussions - Knowledge Management for Development2024-03-29T07:44:26Zhttp://www.km4dev.org/group/km4djournal/forum/topic/list?feed=yes&xn_auth=no&featured=1Announcement: Competition for the 'best' articles in KM4D Journal in 2014tag:www.km4dev.org,2015-04-23:2672907:Topic:886772015-04-23T08:06:29.438ZSarahCummingshttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/SarahCummings
<p>Now that the 2014 issue of the journal is online, the editorial team has been considering how to focus attention on the 3 editorials, 18 papers, 7 case studies, 2 stories and one Community Note published<br></br> last year, and we decided to run a competition for the 'best' contributions.<br></br><br></br> We would like to ask for votes in three categories:<br></br><br></br> - which contribution gave you the most food for thought?<br></br> - which contribution were you able to apply to your own practice?<br></br> -…</p>
<p>Now that the 2014 issue of the journal is online, the editorial team has been considering how to focus attention on the 3 editorials, 18 papers, 7 case studies, 2 stories and one Community Note published<br/> last year, and we decided to run a competition for the 'best' contributions.<br/><br/> We would like to ask for votes in three categories:<br/><br/> - which contribution gave you the most food for thought?<br/> - which contribution were you able to apply to your own practice?<br/> - which contribution did you think was stimulating/unexpected/showing<br/> 'out of the box' thinking?<br/><br/> For each of the three categories, each member of KM4Dev can vote for one contribution - so you can vote for three different articles - but please write a short explanation of why you have done this and provide the link to the article in question. Voting will be open until 23 May 2015.<br/><br/> I guess it goes without saying that you shouldn't vote for your own paper but we would like to ask Guest Editors/Editors to vote - because this role gives you opportunity to become familiar with many different articles and some of them - well, this is my own experience but perhaps I need to get a life :-) - haunt and stimulate you for many years afterwards! Kindly note that some of the contributions are in Spanish, Portuguese and French so we would like to invite Spanish, Portuguese and French speakers to vote for them.<br/><br/> The issues comprise:<br/><br/> 1) May 2014: The Spanish and Portuguese one, largely focused on Latin<br/> America: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/16" target="_blank">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/16</a><br/><br/> 2) September 2014: KM4D in Africa:<br/><a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/17" target="_blank">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/17</a><br/><br/> 3) December 2014: the non-thematic issue:<br/><a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/18" target="_blank">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/18</a><br/><br/> You can either post your vote here or send it to KM4Dev list.</p>
<p> <br/> We will provide an overview and a verdict by 1 June. Every mention<br/> will count as a vote!</p>
<p>The Editorial Team, KM4D Journal</p> Evolution and future of the Knowledge Commons: emerging opportunities and challenges for less developed societies.tag:www.km4dev.org,2012-05-28:2672907:Topic:550542012-05-28T07:36:25.657ZSarahCummingshttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/SarahCummings
<p>Dear Hannah, Jaap, Laxmi, Linda, Marina, Manuel, Patrick and Valerie, and of course, Sebastiao (anyone else reading this who would like to join in is welcome too, of course)</p>
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<p>Based on Peter Bury's request, let's try to have a discussion here on Sebastiao's paper with the following planning (because I too see the sense in keeping these sorts of discussions together):</p>
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<p>Week 1: Posting of general comments about the paper (starting from Monday 28 May)<br></br> Week 2:…</p>
<p>Dear Hannah, Jaap, Laxmi, Linda, Marina, Manuel, Patrick and Valerie, and of course, Sebastiao (anyone else reading this who would like to join in is welcome too, of course)</p>
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<p>Based on Peter Bury's request, let's try to have a discussion here on Sebastiao's paper with the following planning (because I too see the sense in keeping these sorts of discussions together):</p>
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<p>Week 1: Posting of general comments about the paper (starting from Monday 28 May)<br/> Week 2: Posting of specific comments on how the paper can be improved/focused for publication in the journal (starting from Monday 4 June)<br/> Week 3: Sebastiao responds to these comments and there can be some interaction within the whole group related to comments and response (starting from Monday 11 June)</p>
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<p>Regards</p>
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<p>Sarah</p>
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<p>Please see below the original mail I sent to KM4Dev-l:</p>
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<p>Dear All<br/> <br/> Sebastiao Ferreira - who wrote the paper which appeared in the KM4D<br/> Journal on the New Enlightenment. Remember that one? You can find the<br/> final version here<br/> <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18716340903201470" target="_blank">http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18716340903201470</a> (If you<br/> can't access the author copy will shortly be available on the KM4Dev<br/> wiki but is currently to be found here:<br/> <a href="http://thegiraffe.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/km4d-journal-vol5-issue2-p94-107-mendonca-ferreira.pdf" target="_blank">http://thegiraffe.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/km4d-journal-vol5-issue2-p94-107-mendonca-ferreira.pdf</a>)<br/> - has just written a new IKM Working Paper on the knowledge commons.<br/> At my suggestion, Sebastiao is interested in taking part in a <span class="il">peer</span><br/> <span class="il">review</span> process with a view to using these comments to revise the<br/> working paper for publication in the KM4D Journal. I'm suggesting this<br/> because I think the paper is very interesting and would a good focus<br/> for discussion and reflection.<br/> <br/> I think it would be great if we could hold a roundtable <span class="il">peer</span> <span class="il">review</span> -<br/> like the one in which Valerie Brown, Patrick Lambe and Nancy White<br/> reviewed the paper by Alfonso Acuna on ''Knowledge management for<br/> development communities: balancing in the thin divide between tacit<br/> and codified knowledge'' - and I'm looking for volunteers.<br/> <br/> Full details comprise:<br/> Sebastiao Darlan Mendonça Ferreira (2012) Evolution and future of the<br/> Knowledge Commons: emerging opportunities and challenges for less<br/> developed societies. IKM Working Paper No. 15 March 2012, 37pp.<br/> <br/> Here is the abstract:<br/> This working paper addresses the emerging field of the knowledge<br/> commons in relation to the challenges of international development. It<br/> reviews the history of academic knowledge since the Enlightenment, its<br/> evolution and current trends, with the purpose of exploring the future<br/> of the knowledge commons. Assuming that knowledge is the most<br/> important resource in the twenty-first century, the intention of this<br/> article is to map the conditions necessary to take advantage of this<br/> resource. What are the barriers to accessing and using the common pool<br/> of knowledge that is currently being generated? The supply and the<br/> demand sides of the knowledge sharing equation are reviewed to<br/> understand their particularities and trends. Particular attention is<br/> given to the demand side of this equation in order to identify the<br/> obstacles that prevent people from less developed countries from<br/> taking full advantage of this fast-growing resource.<br/> <br/> The Working Paper will be on the IKM website very soon but if you'd<br/> like a copy before then, just let me know.<br/> <br/> Regards<br/> <br/> Sarah</p>
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<p></p> Making innovation systems work in practice... Published in KM4D Journal May 2011 7(1) 109-124tag:www.km4dev.org,2012-03-16:2672907:Topic:527952012-03-16T07:12:21.178ZSarahCummingshttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/SarahCummings
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1271325603?profile=original" target="_self">Making innovation systems work in practice KM4D Journal Volume 7, issue 1</a></p>
<p>This article by Hlamalani Ngwenya and Jürgen Hagmann presents a different dimension of the innovation systems approach, going beyond analysis and shedding light on how these processes can be facilitated in practice. This is based on 20 years’ experience with innovations systems. The focus is on the role of…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1271325603?profile=original">Making innovation systems work in practice KM4D Journal Volume 7, issue 1</a></p>
<p>This article by Hlamalani Ngwenya and Jürgen Hagmann presents a different dimension of the innovation systems approach, going beyond analysis and shedding light on how these processes can be facilitated in practice. This is based on 20 years’ experience with innovations systems. The focus is on the role of facilitation in triggering the changes, as well as in integrating learning and knowledge management (KM) in the innovation process.</p>