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Leigh Star, Susan. “This Is Not a Boundary Object: Reflections on the Origin of a Concept.” Science, Technology, & Human Values 35, no. 5 (September 2010): 601–17.

Abstract: There are three components to boundary objects as outlined in the original 1989 article. Interpretive flexibility, the structure of informatic and work
process needs and arrangements, and, finally, the dynamic between illstructured
and more tailored uses of the objects. Much of...Read more

McDonald, Fiona, Cantarella, Luke and Murphy, Keith M. "Responsibility." Theorizing the Contemporary, Cultural Anthropology website, July 27, 2017.

https://culanth.org/fieldsights/1178-responsibility

Howe, Cymene and Takaragawa, Stephanie. "Surprise." Theorizing the Contemporary, Cultural Anthropology website, July 27, 2017.

https://culanth.org/fieldsights/1173-surprise
Gorman, Michael E. “Levels of Expertise and Trading Zones: A Framework for Multidisciplinary Collaboration.” Social Studies of Science 32, no. 5–6 (December 2002): 933–38.

Michael Gorman discusses the utility of the concepts "boundary objects" and "trading zones" in the study of collaborations across differing levels of expertise.Read more

Analysis of Collaboration in Data Analysis

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AO. encouraging synthesis in a multi-partner consortia

  • AO: The analysts look at a multi-partner consortia example of “Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA)” that sought to support policy and practice

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MICRO: What did the analyst choose to describe as collaboration?
Cochrane, Logan, and Georgina Cundill. 2018. “Enabling Collaborative Synthesis in Multi-Partner Programmes.” Development in Practice 0 (0): 1–10.
Querying Analyses of Collaboration and Approaches to Data

AO. Earlier analyses of collaboration from funder M&E

  • AO: The analysts look at earlier examples of large multi-partner collaborations which noted that conditions for improving collaborative action included the processes (goal setting,

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META: What discourses does the analyst consider/leverage to characterize/theorize collaboration at this research stage? (How) are histories and contextual factors pointed to as shaping the collaborations described here at this research stage?
Cochrane, Logan, and Georgina Cundill. 2018. “Enabling Collaborative Synthesis in Multi-Partner Programmes.” Development in Practice 0 (0): 1–10.
Querying Analyses of Collaboration and Approaches to Data

AO. importance of "multi-partner" and "knowing each other"

  • AO: Multi-partner rather than multi-stakeholder in order to highlight the sense of shared commitment necessary for the relationships described. “Multi-partner collaborations consist

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NANO: What traits does the analyst believe make a good collaborator? Is the analyst interested in how the collaboration stabilizes or how it fails or shifts?
Cochrane, Logan, and Georgina Cundill. 2018. “Enabling Collaborative Synthesis in Multi-Partner Programmes.” Development in Practice 0 (0): 1–10.
Querying Analyses of Collaboration and Approaches to Data

AO. untethered pot of seed funding + testing of various leadership styles

  • AO: The analysts describe a rolling pot of money that was available to support emergent ideas. The ideas were assessed collaboratively by a steering committee with representation

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MESO: (How) are power relations said to shape the dynamics of collaboration at this research stage? What organizations are said to shape collaborations?
Cochrane, Logan, and Georgina Cundill. 2018. “Enabling Collaborative Synthesis in Multi-Partner Programmes.” Development in Practice 0 (0): 1–10.
Querying Analyses of Collaboration and Approaches to Data

AO. Face-to-face important but growing need for more virtual tools

  • AO: The analysts noted that while face-to-face meetings are costly, they are more likely to help build relationships, trust and social capital rather than virtual tools. But with

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TECHNO: (How) are technological infrastructures said to shape, enable and constrain collaboration at this stage of the research process?
Cochrane, Logan, and Georgina Cundill. 2018. “Enabling Collaborative Synthesis in Multi-Partner Programmes.” Development in Practice 0 (0): 1–10.
Querying Analyses of Collaboration and Approaches to Data

AO. Geographic distance.

  • AO: The analysts note the challenges of being in different geographic locations.

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ECO: What material constraints are said to undergird this collaboration?
Cochrane, Logan, and Georgina Cundill. 2018. “Enabling Collaborative Synthesis in Multi-Partner Programmes.” Development in Practice 0 (0): 1–10.
Querying Analyses of Collaboration and Approaches to Data

AO. "how to produce synthesis within and across projects"

  • AO: The analysts are worried about “how to produce syntheses within and across research projects that bring together results to have greater impact – so that the sum is greater than

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DEUTERO: How is this analyst denoting and worrying about collaboration?
Cochrane, Logan, and Georgina Cundill. 2018. “Enabling Collaborative Synthesis in Multi-Partner Programmes.” Development in Practice 0 (0): 1–10.
Querying Analyses of Collaboration and Approaches to Data
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