Editorial: Time for sharing knowledge

Abstract

Research for All serves authors and readers who have a strong interest in different ways of knowing, and we have already discussed the language and writing styles adopted by authors sharing their perspectives (Oliver and Duncan, 2018). Here, we consider the investment of time required for the task of understanding and sharing orally different ways of knowing. Academic knowledge develops through formal studies to offer new ideas and theoretical understanding supported by empirical observations and codified analyses of how entities relate to each other – how the world generally fits together. More often, our understanding is not of the world generally, but of where or how we live in particular. We rely on our implicit understanding of local issues based on impressions and priorities, about how things are done by individuals and organizations, and changes over time. We tend to navigate our day-to-day personal lives by relying on tacit knowledge accrued through experience and familiarity with our immediate surroundings. Academics are steeped in planned observation and systematic analysis, many community organizations are steeped in change making, and schoolteachers and public engagement professionals (both feature in this issue) rely on valuable communication ‘know how’. We all have different windows through which we make sense of the bigger picture. No way knowing is sufficient alone, and they are often intertwined. Whether we or we rely on to hear Science helps us a balanced while culinary arts and social interactions make meals appealing. The stars a clear may evoke our wonder, astronomy that curiosity. events underpinned by and