The Rise of the Knowledge Broker

被引:367
作者
Meyer, Morgan [1 ]
机构
[1] Ecole Mines Paris ParisTech, Ctr Sociol Innovat, F-75006 Paris, France
关键词
knowledge brokering; translation; double peripherality; brokered knowledge; SCIENCE;
D O I
10.1177/1075547009359797
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Knowledge brokers are people or organizations that move knowledge around and create connections between researchers and their various audiences. This commentary reviews some of the literature on knowledge brokering and lays out some thoughts on how to analyze and theorize this practice. Discussing the invisibility and interstitiality of knowledge brokers, the author argues that social scientists need to analyze more thoroughly their practices, the brokering devices they use, and the benefits and drawbacks of their double peripherality. The author also argues that knowledge brokers do not only move knowledge, but they also produce a new kind of knowledge: brokered knowledge.
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页码:118 / 127
页数:10
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