prato2012-other+themes

Please discuss/suggest other themes here.
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**Indigenity and authenticity**
Another theme which is also of interest is indigenity and authenticity: how do we balance 'academic social-technical approaches' with more fluid interests represented by different stakeholders in indigenous communities? How do we determine authenticity on the part of both researchers or the researched, when cultures of all sorts are subject to internal contradictions and change? What are the boundaries or boundary signs? Whose interests should prevail, and can multiple interests co-exist in projects and their products? Is it always a matter of being an outsider researcher with any community or group, or can we also become insiders by subscribing to various particular beliefs, practices and rituals, whether in an organization or indigenous community? How does this effect the social-technical practices that are undertaken? What are the responses of indigenous researchers and practitioners?

(Larry Stillman)