Presenter: <\/strong>Johanne Proven\u00e7al<\/p>\n (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n Background<\/strong><\/p>\n Johanne Proven\u00e7al is a doct<\/span>oral candidat<\/span>e in t<\/span>he Curriculum T<\/span>heory and Implement<\/span>at<\/span>ion Program in t<\/span>he Facult<\/span>y of Educat<\/span>ion at<\/span> Simon Fraser Universit<\/span>y (SFU). Proven\u00e7al also has t<\/span>en years of professional and academic experience in publishing, most<\/span> recent<\/span>ly working as a subst<\/span>ant<\/span>ive and st<\/span>ylist<\/span>ic edit<\/span>or of scholarly writ<\/span>ing. Johanne’s research int<\/span>erest<\/span>s include social t<\/span>heory and educat<\/span>ion; philosophy of educat<\/span>ion; scholarly discourse and scholarly publishing; communicat<\/span>ion and genre t<\/span>heory; and rhet<\/span>orical t<\/span>heory and analysis. Proven\u00e7al has published work on media lit<\/span>eracy, t<\/span>he classroom as a public sphere, represent<\/span>at<\/span>ion in educat<\/span>ional research, and scholarly publishing. Proven\u00e7al\u2019s doct<\/span>oral research examines SSHRC\u2019s \u201cknowledge mobilizat<\/span>ion\u201d discourse and t<\/span>he implicat<\/span>ions and possibilit<\/span>ies it<\/span> has for t<\/span>he social sciences and humanit<\/span>ies research communit<\/span>y in Canada.<\/p>\n Session Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n Proven\u00e7al outlined four main parts to the session: SSHRC beginnings, the transformation from ‘grant council to ‘knowledge council’ in 2004\/2005, SSHRC in 2009, and opportunities & challenges.<\/p>\n SSHRC was established in 1979. Proven\u00e7al used examples of strategic plans from 1979, 1989 and 1996 to illustrate ‘early traces’ of knowledge mobilization. In 1979 mention was made to make social sciences research more visible. In 1989 the term knowledge transfer was used in the summary: \u201ca more general point is the repeated emphasis on dissemination, communication, diffusion of research results: to spread results and achieve knowledge transfer to increase understanding and build constituencies to package results of fundamental research for political use to increase access to databases\u201d (p. 2). In 1996 knowledge transfer is again stressed. Johanne’s rhetorical analysis shows that the scene is changing. Knowledge mobilization succeeds as agency within the collaboration.<\/p>\n In 2004\/2005 there was a degree of tension as a result of the transformation from grant council to knowledge council. The first volume of a three volume report in 2004 reports that social sciences\u00a0 research is caught in a “paradox of ubiquity and invisibility: present everywhere, but for all intents and purposes, visible almost nowhere” (p.12). The 2005 strategic plan calls for a systematic interaction between the general public and the research community.<\/p>\n The issue of visibility continues to predominate in 2009. Proven\u00e7al mentioned that researchers need to tell their stories to the public. Yet it’s also the reception of those stories that is necessary for knowledge mobilization. This is a challenge area. Three examples were given of continuing opportunities: the\u00a0 Knowledge Impact in Society pilot study, the Community-University Research Alliance program, and the funding of open access journals, started in 2008.<\/p>\n Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n Heather Morrison asked about the raised visibility of knowledge mobilization by SSHRC. Proven\u00e7al responded that the funding for open access journals only came in 2008. There is still some resistance from publishers about the business model. There is some ambiguity as funding is for research as well as open access journals. Generally journals philosophically support open access, but economics may dictate otherwise. A question was asked from the audience about whether SSHRC had consulted with researchers. Proven\u00e7al responded that the culture for this to occur is not yet in place.<\/p>\n \n Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n Canadian Association of Learned Journals<\/a><\/p>\n Ghosts in Machines and a Snapshot of Scholarly Journal Publishing in Canada<\/a><\/p>\n![\"image_mini\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pkp2009\/files\/2009\/07\/image_mini.jpg\" "\\"image_mini\\"")
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