Curators and sojourners in learning networks: Practices for transformation

Julie Risien

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2019, vol. 73, issue C, 71-79

Abstract: Networks are a promising mechanism for creating systemic change. Studies abound, but do not examine roles and practices to reveal the processes through which networks create transformative capacity. This participatory single case study provides a framework to examine structures, roles and practices. The framework details common network substructures, across which critical practices occur, and provides a typology of specific network practices of curators and sojourners. The primary claim is that a variety of structures and interdependent roles and practices work in concert to support transformation across sites and scales. Results have implications for network design, leadership, practice, and evaluation.

Keywords: Transformation; Learning networks; Communities of practice; Landscapes of practice; Complex social systems; Boundary work; Multiscalar change; Qualitative; Participatory case study; Network substructures; Collective action; Broader impacts; Higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.12.001

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