EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now largely being ignored in developing responses to it.
This two-volume set of Rapid Responses explores the urgent need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates how policymakers, health and social care practitioners, patients, service users, carers and public contributors can make this happen.
The first volume investigates how, at the outset of the pandemic, the limits of existing structures severely undermined the potential of co-production. It also gives voice to a diversity of marginalised communities to illustrate how they have been affected and to demonstrate why co-produced responses are so important both now during this pandemic and in the future.
out more. Co-producing virtual co-production 99 The value of co- producing together as one team has stood out as particularly important. We aren’t categorised by our job titles or labelled with our experience. Instead, we are all people, equally important to the process and valued as a friend and teammate. Cristina reflects that lived experience roles can be lonely when you are the only person pushing for change. Joining the Co- Production Collective sessions felt different, with everyone working together regardless of who they were or where they’d come from
Bringing together academics, artists, practitioners and ‘community activists’, this book explores the possibilities for, and tensions of, social justice work under the contemporary drive for community-orientated ‘impact’ in the academy.
Threading a line between celebratory accounts of institutionalised community engagement, self-professed ‘radical’ scholarship for social change and critical accounts of the governmentalisation of community, the book makes an original contribution to all three fields of scholarship.
Showcasing experimental research and co-production practices taking place in the UK, Australia, Sweden and Canada and within universities, independent research organisations and internationally prestigious museums and galleries, the book considers what research impact could look like for a wide range of audiences and how universities could engage with different publics in ways that would be relevant and useful, but may not necessarily be easily measurable.
Asking hard questions of the current impact agenda, the book offers an insight into emerging routes towards co-production for social justice.
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now being largely ignored in developing responses to it.
This two-volume set of Rapid Responses explores the urgent need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates how policymakers, health and social care practitioners, patients, service users, carers and public contributors can make this happen.
The second volume focuses on methods and means of co-producing during a pandemic. It explores a variety of case studies from across the global North and South and addresses the practical considerations of co-producing knowledge both now - at a distance - and in the future when the pandemic is over.
This important book is a response to crises of public policy. Offering an original contribution to a growing debate, the authors argue that traditional technocratic ways of designing policy are inadequate to cope with increasingly complex challenges, and suggest co-production as a more democratic alternative. Drawing on 12 compelling international contributions from practitioners, policy makers, activists and actively engaged academics, ideas of power are used to explore how genuine democratic involvement in the policy process from those outside the elites of politics can shape society for the better. The authors present insights on why and how to generate change in policy processes, arguing for increased experimentation in policy design. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and students in public policy, public administration, sociology and politics.
has caused us to reflect on the relative strengths and weaknesses of approaches typically taken in modern politics and public policy in general, and health and social care specifically, as well as to consider alternatives that could better serve us in the future. For us, key among these alternative approaches is co- production. Predictably, those most severely affected by COVID- 19 are the people and groups who are now largely being ignored in developing responses to the pandemic and consequently are 4 Challenges and Necessity of Co-production further
, anxious, and upset that our ordinary face- to- face panels and projects were indefinitely postponed. Together, we decided on online peer support sessions run on Zoom. The sessions were for any young autistic person who would benefit, and the topics and activities were to be decided by the group. The participation Ambitious about co-production 45 team were there to facilitate the sessions and ensure it was a safe space for all. Rules of engagement were co- produced, and making the sessions accessible for people with differing communication needs and preferences
required, and how poli- cymakers, practitioners, service users, activists, communities, and citizens can make this happen both now and in the future. To achieve these aims this book has been divided into three parts over two volumes: (1) The impact of existing structures; (2) Infection and (increasing) marginalisation; (3) Working together at a distance: guidance and examples. Parts I and II have been addressed in Volume 1, which 4 Working Together at a Distance you can read here: https:// policy.bristoluniversitypress. co.uk/ covid- 19- and- coproduction- in
74 7 Who owns co-production? Sarah Carr Introduction In order to answer the question in the title, this chapter presents a brief investigation into the origins of the concept of ‘co-production’ and an exploration of how it has functioned in UK social policy rhetoric since the mid-2000s. In doing so, it traces what could be termed its ‘ownership records’, to examine how the policy concept is being, or can be, implemented in practice. Critical questions, informed by international literature on the topic, are asked about the true potential of ‘co-production
We are three female anthropologists collaborating in global health research. Across languages, cultures, and ethnicities, we are connected through our social engagement with, and our commitment to, the Brazilian communities where we conduct research. In this chapter, we share our reflections on a ‘COVID-19 Control Committee’ composed of Candomblé terreiros in the Brazilian city of Salvador (from here onwards referred to as the Committee). A terreiro is a religious space that serves as a space of inclusion for marginalised community members. We conceptualise this Committee as a site of co-production between researchers, public health specialists, and Candomblé members. Through the experiences of one of us (Clarice Mota), who is both a Candomblé member and has a public health specialist role, we reflect on our social commitments and on the hierarchal relationships between researchers and community members. How can collaboration between community members and researchers work at times of a public health crisis, which is also a political and social crisis?
We describe one type of co-production in which the researcher is both an outsider and an insider. This particular experience in the COVID-19 pandemic allowed us to reflect on the place of science, of researchers, and about the challenges of co-producing public health guidance with, instead of producing for, community members.
Candomblé is an African diasporic religion that originated in Bahia in the 19th century. The Candomblé terreiros, Afro-Brazilian temples, can be found throughout Brazil, but especially mark the religious cartography of the state of Bahia, where we work. Terreiros vary in size: they can be a single house or a cluster of several houses on a larger domain composing a village.
