Co-Constructing Knowledge and Space with Refugee Communities: Lessons from the Western New York Refugee Health Summit

Alexandra Judelsohn, Melinda Lemke, Ngo Hna, Samina Raja, Jessica Scates, Kafuli Agbemenu
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Displaced peoples are often excluded from institutional, community, and public processes in the United States, including in knowledge production spaces where researchers and educators may discuss problems and devise solutions. In this article, we explore the benefits and challenges inherent in the co-construction of knowledge spaces designed with the intent of serving refugee communities. To do so, we examined the Western New York Refugee Health Summit, an event held for eight years where actors convened from three spaces, i.e., institutional, community, and public. Findings are derived from the situated knowledge of the authors (actors embedded in the conception and execution of the Summit) and a qualitative descriptive analysis of eight Summit reports and event evaluation data. Findings illuminate how collaboration across these spaces is co-constructed, as well as challenges inherent in co-construction from an institutional perspective—including our attempts to contest institutional power dynamics. We conclude with a discussion of research and practice-based lessons for co-constructing spaces with and including the voices of refugee community partners.
与难民社区共同构建知识和空间:纽约州西部难民健康峰会的经验教训
在美国,流离失所者往往被排除在机构、社区和公共进程之外,包括研究人员和教育工作者可以讨论问题和制定解决方案的知识生产空间。在本文中,我们将探讨以服务难民社区为目的而设计的知识空间的共同构建所固有的益处和挑战。为此,我们对纽约州西部难民健康峰会进行了研究,该峰会已举办了八年,参与者来自三个领域,即机构、社区和公共领域。研究结果来自作者(参与峰会构思和执行的参与者)的情景知识,以及对八份峰会报告和活动评估数据的定性描述分析。研究结果揭示了这些空间中的合作是如何共同构建的,以及从机构角度看共同构建过程中固有的挑战--包括我们对机构权力动态的质疑。最后,我们讨论了与难民社区合作伙伴共同构建空间的研究和实践经验。
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