Social Appropriation Of Knowledge Research Articles

Strategies For The Generation of New Knowledge Products and Social Appropriation of Knowledge, in Occupational Health and Safety And Environmental Management

Strategies For The Generation of New Knowledge Products and Social Appropriation of Knowledge, in Occupational Health and Safety And Environmental Management

Conceptual Model for the Assessment of Academic Productivity in Research Seedbeds From a Systematic Review

<p style="text-align: justify;">Higher education institutions have focused their efforts on promoting research seedbeds as a strategy for formative research. In this regard, the impact of such a strategy remains unknown due to the lack of models that enable its evaluation. Therefore, this study aimed to design an evaluation model for the academic productivity of research seedbeds based on the available evidence in the literature. To achieve this, a systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA model, analyzing 53 documents including articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings from the SCOPUS, ProQuest, Jstor, Scielo, and ScienceDirect databases. The results identified indicators that allowed for the design of a model based on six constructs: research training, institutional capabilities, bibliographic production, innovation and development, social appropriation of knowledge, and human resource training. It was concluded that the indicators evaluating research seedbeds seek greater scientific development involving students and improving the quality of research products, which directly impacts the institutional research mission.</p>

Processes of communication and dissemination of science: the challenges of science policy guidelines in Colombia

IntroductionThe present study aims to identify the characteristics of public policy relating to the Social Appropriation of Knowledge (SAK) in Colombia, generated between 2020 and 2021, on the communication and dissemination of science. Furthermore, the study aims to determine what incentives are offered by these policies to promote the communication and dissemination of science, and what importance is given to the use of digital scenarios.MethodThis is done through a comparative analysis of Colombia’s guidelines of public science policies using a bibliographical review.Results and discussionWith this analysis, it is concluded that the policies resulting from 22 years of reflection in Colombia aim to strengthen the SAK in the communication of science, understood in specific relation to dissemination, which is understood as activities that make scientific knowledge accessible to a much wider audience.ConclusionThe digital scenarios are proposed as communicative spaces to spread knowledge to communities and strengthen the science-society relationship.

Scientific Publishing: Agents, Genres, Technique and the Making of Knowledge

The history of scientific publishing has been one of the most topical research subjects in the history of science during the last few decades. It has furthered scholarly communication with other disciplines, such as book history, the history of education and communication studies. It has contributed to the development of new conceptual and methodological tools for the study of the material culture of print, the replication of scientific knowledge in various media and the social appropriation of knowledge through reading. This field of research offers exemplary results on sources such as journals, encyclopedias and textbooks, and on configurations such as disciplines, specialization and the practices associated with our contemporary knowledge system and communication environment, which cut across academic departments.

Science for society: participatory research and social appropriation of knowledge

Science for society: participatory research and social appropriation of knowledge

Social Appropriation of Knowledge About Research in Prostate Cancer with Middle Education Students in Three Colombian Cities

In Colombia, prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer for incidence and mortality in men, which turns it into a public health problem. For high-risk communities to better understand the usefulness of basic research about PCa, a strategy of social appropriation of knowledge (SAK) in science and cancer was designed and implemented. A pedagogical activity and two tests (a pre-test and a post-test) were applied to middle education students in four schools in three Colombian cities to identify previous knowledge of biology concepts and cancer perceptions. As for biology concepts, there was a statistically significant increase (p < 0.01) in the total results of all questions in the post-test, especially in items related to the structure of DNA, differences between RNA and DNA, and codon. Similarly, better success rates were observed in questions about replication and mutation, and a statistically significant improvement related to the definition of cancer, cancer prevention, and its association with culture or ethnicity (p < 0.01). The results of the open question show what students learned about or were interested in the most, as evidence of the exchange of knowledge in those cities and the social appropriation of knowledge about PCa in Colombia. These findings show that this type of intervention, in diverse social contexts, is essential to improve understanding and perceptions that link school and scientific knowledge to a real problem, such as health and, in this case, cancer.

Learning communities for the social appropriation of knowledge: cacti project

The objective of this paper is to generate a proposal for professionals in the educational, social, and cultural fields with an interest in contributing to the social appropriation and democratization of knowledge in CTeI to strengthen the scientific culture by promoting community spaces based on participation and dialogue of knowledge based on four axes: community participation in STeI, access to STeI as a right, STeI and community challenge (local and global problems), and STeI and quality of life. The proposal is framed based on the following concepts: a community of learning and participation for the promotion of scientific culture, collective construction of solutions based on science to real problems, and contribution of social and community knowledge to science as empirical knowledge is taken into consideration for the construction of scientific knowledge. Some limitations are the heterogeneity of the members of learning communities requiring facilitators’ experience and knowledge in managing groups that allow them to mediate the conversation.&#x0D; Keywords: knowledge democratization, STEM education, community participation in CTeI, scientific culture.

Social Appropriation of Knowledge and its contributions to the prevention of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural contexts

Social Appropriation of Knowledge and its contributions to the prevention of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural contexts

El índice h: sobrevaloración de su uso en la estimación del impacto del quehacer científico en México

Para juzgar el impacto y la relevancia de los resultados del quehacer científ ico, las y los investigadores son sometidos a procesos de evaluación en los que se involucran registros de publicaciones y las citas correspondientes. Para ello, algunos índices se han desarrollado. Entre ellos, los índices propuestos por Hirsch se consideran en la mayoría de los procesos de evaluación. Un análisis de ellos permite concluir que el índice h ignora la contribución relativa de un investigador en las publicaciones, especialmente en aquellas que se generan por grupos grandes, p. ej. grupos con entre 80 hasta 700 autores. Asimismo, el índice h omite, en general, libros y capítulos de libro, la contribución de un investigador en la formación de recursos humanos y la formación de grupos y participación en sociedades científ icas. El índice h no considera las innovaciones técnicas, la difusión y la divulgación del conocimiento científ ico. De manera relevante, lo preciso es enfatizar que el índice h no toma en cuenta las contribuciones científ icas que conllevan al establecimiento de políticas públicas, las cuales pueden ser estratégicas y de relevancia local, regional e inclusive nacional. Valorar la obra de un investigador basándose principalmente en su índice h no solo es limitado e injusto, sino que está distorsionando severamente las prioridades de las generaciones nuevas de científ icos en México. Los científ icos no debemos olvidar que somos subvencionados con recursos públicos, lo cual conlleva a no solamente ser ampliamente citados a nivel internacional, sino también a contribuir en la formación de recursos humanos, a la resolución de problemas locales, regionales y nacionales, a incidir en la generación de Políticas Públicas y en la apropiación social del conocimiento. Por lo tanto, la necesidad de gestionar un sistema que considere esos aspectos es imprescindible con el propósito de evaluar el impacto posible de la obra de cada investigador.

COVID-19: Los reajustes en el trabajo de investigación científica en México

En el futuro inmediato y a mediano plazo las actividades de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Formación de Recursos Humanos, Vinculación y Apropiación Social del Conocimiento padecerán los embates de las nuevas restricciones que ha impuesto la nueva realidad de la Pandemia por COVID-19. Las sociedades, economías, Instituciones de Investigación y de Educación Superior que logren adaptarse más rápido a estos nuevos retos y posean las capacidades estructurales para hacer flexibles sus procesos, tendrán posibilidades de salir más rápido de esta contingencia global. En México, desde el punto de vista de la transferencia social del conocimiento, lejos de ser un fenómeno disruptivo, la evolución que ha seguido esta transferencia pareciera encontrar desde el confinamiento y el impacto de la pandemia COVID-9, posibilidades reales de incrementar el interés por los temas de ciencia y la posibilidad de acceder a ellos mediante el uso de las tecnologías de la información (TIC´s). Este es el caso de las acciones de transferencia social del conocimiento en un centro público de investigación como el Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. (CIBNOR), en el que se han consolidado las plataformas digitales para enfrentar de manera positiva los tiempos. En este trabajo se ofrecen recomendaciones detalladas, concretas y específicas para que las instituciones públicas de investigación y de Educación Superior en México se adapten lo más eficiente y ejecutivamente, en materia de investigación científica, humanística y tecnológica, formación de recursos humanos, vinculación y apropiación social del conocimiento a la nueva realidad impuesta por la pandemia.

ANÁLISIS Y APLICABILIDAD DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN EL FORTALECIMIENTO DE LOS ESTÁNDARES DE CALIDAD DE LA FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL INTEGRAL DEL CENTRO DE FORMACIÓN AGROINDUSTRIAL, REGIONAL HUILA

The scientific research processes are the basis to build and generate knowledge from the solution of problems of the productive sector; being the theory, experimentation, generation and social appropriation of knowledge, the route to solve part of the inconveniences. This article presents the evolution in the implementation of the applied research process, carried out between 2014 and 2017. The methodology includes a documentary and descriptive analysis, in an overview of the results of the SENNOVA program lines.

SDH-NET: a South-North-South collaboration to build sustainable research capacities on social determinants of health in low- and middle-income countries.

BackgroundIt is desirable that health researchers have the ability to conduct research on health equity and contribute to the development of their national health system and policymaking processes. However, in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is a limited capacity to conduct this type of research due to reasons mostly associated with the status of national (health) research systems. Building sustainable research capacity in LMICs through the triangulation of South–North-South (S-N-S) collaborative networks seems to be an effective way to maximize limited national resources to strengthen these capacities. This article describes how a collaborative project (SDH-Net), funded by the European Commission, has successfully designed a study protocol and a S-N-S collaborative network to effectively support research capacity building in LMICs, specifically in the area of social determinants of health (SDH); this project seeks to elaborate on the vital role of global collaborative networks in strengthening this practice.MethodsThe implementation of SDH-Net comprised diverse activities developed in three phases. Phase 1: national level mapping exercises were conducted to assess the needs for SDH capacity building or strengthening in local research systems. Four strategic areas were defined, namely research implementation and system performance, social appropriation of knowledge, institutional and national research infrastructure, and research skills and training/networks. Phase 2: development of tools to address the identified capacity building needs, as well as knowledge management and network strengthening activities. Phase 3: identifying lessons learned in terms of research ethics, and how policies can support the capacity building process in SDH research.ResultsThe implementation of the protocol has led the network to design innovative tools for strengthening SDH research capacities, under a successful S-N-S collaboration that included national mapping reports, a global open-access learning platform with tools and resources, ethical guidelines for research, policy recommendations, and academic contributions to the global SDH discourse.ConclusionsThe effective triangulation of S-N-S partnerships can be of high value in building sustainable research capacity in LMICs. If designed appropriately, these multicultural, multi-institutional, and multidisciplinary collaborations can enable southern and northern academics to contextualize global research according to their national realities.

Gestión tecnológica y Ley Orgánica de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (LOCTI): un análisis desde la perspectiva del sector empresarial venezolano

Con la promulgación en 2005 de la Ley Orgánica de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (LOCTI) en la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, el Ejecutivo Nacional acometió el propósito de desarrollar principios orientadores en materia de ciencia, tecnología e innovación tales como: organizar el Sistema Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, definir los lineamientos para orientar las políticas y estrategias de esta actividad y sus aplicaciones, implantar mecanismos institucionales y operativos de promoción, estímulos y fomento de la investigación científica, desarrollar la apropiación social del conocimiento y promover la capacidad uso y circulación del conocimiento a través de la transferencia e innovación tecnológica impulsando así el desarrollo nacional (LOCTI artículo 1). En los cinco años transcurridos (2005-2010), antes de la reforma que comienza a regir en enero 2011 como año base para determinar la existencia y cuantía del tributo, las empresas operativas en el país han estado cumpliendo con este mandato aplicando procesos de gestión tecnológica. Esta investigación se propone alcanzar como objetivo, describir cómo las empresas venezolanas han adelantado sus procesos de gestión tecnológica en el contexto de la normativa legal (LOCTI), vale decir, cómo las empresas seleccionadas han venido asumiendo la innovación y la tecnología en su gestión, cuáles limitaciones han debido enfrentar en este proceso y por último, por qué algunas empresas deciden invertir y otras aportar. El tipo de investigacion es descriptiva, y la selección de las empresas se realizó mediante un muestreo intencional, escogiendo solo aquellas empresas que de acuerdo a sus ingresos (100.000 unidades tributarias) son contribuyentes LOCTI. De veinte empresas seleccionadas confirmaron solamente trece, concluyendo que la mayoría de las empresas consultadas poseen conocimiento y comprensión de lo que significa gestión tecnológica, más allá de la compra de equipos; la mayoría establecen alineación de los procesos administrativos y operativos con la variable tecnológica, la inversión ha sido orientada hacia la mejora de sus procesos y el aprendizaje de su capital de trabajo manifiesto en el acompañamiento de los consultores universitarios; se está dispuesto a la inversión con la presentación de proyectos para fortalecer su desarrollo tecnológico; perciben que la LOCTI es un impuesto más con carácter impositivo, y mantienen expectativas relacionadas con el seguimiento, control yejecución de los proyectos, además no tienen claridad del marco regulatorio de aprobación de los proyectos. Finalmente los problemas más destacados son: a) faltade planificación estratégica/tecnológica que vincule a la gerencia media con indicadores estratégicos del negocio, b) exceso de actividades rutinarias impiden la innovación, preocupación de la gerencia media en asuntos de eficiencia, eficacia (corto plazo) más que la innovación y desarrollo tecnológico, c) dependencia tecnológica, por la sofisticación de las maquinarias.

Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical

The journal Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical emerges as part of the Programa Regional de Biodiversidad para el Choco, implemented by the Universidad Tecnologica del Choco Diego Luis Cordoba (UTCh) to commemorate the International Year of Diversity. This program started as a project funded by Colciencias with the aim of constructing a baseline of information about the megadiversity of the region. In its initial phase, published and unpublished literature about the Chocoan biodiversity was compiled and grouped accordingly with the five Chocoan subregions, each one accompanied by a descriptive summary. The above mentioned bibliographic compilations were never published. In 2009, with the same goal of generating a baseline of information on Chocoan biodiversity a second effort was possible due to the financial support of the project: Gestion Ambiental Local y Cadenas Productivas of the UTCh, funded by the Agencia de Cooperacion Holandesa Nuffic. The above mentioned initiative marks the beginning of the Linea Base del Estado de Conocimiento de la Biodiversidad del Choco (BIOCHOCO), which main goal is to integrate the available information on biodiversity of the Chocoan region at different scales: genes, populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. Another objective of this project is to document and integrate all the available information on Chocoan museum voucher specimens deposited in local, Colombian, and international institutions. The documentation of voucher specimens will include the construction of a georeferenced database, a revision of their taxonomic status, and the compilation of the scientific literature associated with them. As a journal Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical primary objective is the dissemination of the results of biological research conducted in the neotropics, from where it takes its name, with a special emphasis on the divulgation of results of the BIOCHOCO project; on this line of ideas, we expect for each number to be enriched with at least one paper that includes a checklist of species from the Chocoan biota. In this first number we present contributions on healthy applications of biotechnology at the Chocoan region, as well as results of baseline research on zoology and botany. We invite all the members of the scientific community and related fields interested in the biota of the Neotropics to participate in the construction of this new space of scientific dialogue. We hope that this newly created journal last for many generations and the information contained in its pages will be a useful tool for the decision making process, contributing in this way with the preservation of the rich biological diversity enclosed by the different ecosystems of the Neotropical region. This effort of the UTCh demonstrate its commitment with the process of social appropriation of knowledge accordingly with its mission and vision regarding biodiversity.