Open AccessFrom community data to research archive: Partnering to increase and sustain capacity within a native organization
Author(s) -
Janet Page-Reeves,
Ananda Marin,
Molly J. Bleecker,
Maurice L. Moffett,
Kathy DeerInWater,
Sarah EchoHawk,
Douglas L. Medin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
gateways
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1836-3393
DOI - 10.5130/ijcre.v10i1.4947
Subject(s) - popularity , capacity building , product (mathematics) , public relations , knowledge management , community engagement , new product development , political science , business , marketing , computer science , geometry , mathematics , law
Community engagement and participation in academic research is growing in popularity and acceptance. Communities are now routinely engaged and participate in academic research design, implementation and interpretation, but the capacity of communities to conduct their own research is not always a product of these engagement initiatives. This article describes a collaboration between an organisation that supports Native American participation in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and university researchers to expand the organisation’s capacity to conduct research by creating a searchable database from their organisational records. We discuss how strategic design of a research collaboration can result in infrastructure development that contributes to community capacity