Reflections on Collaboration in Academia
Standing on the cusp of the second year of REALITIES, I find myself reflecting on processes throughout the last 11 months of the project. When it comes to researching evidence-based alternatives in living, imaginative, traumatised, integrated, and embodied systems (REALITIES), Process with a capital P becomes integral to collaborative research, working, and action, which—to me—is a standout quality of the project and one of the many reasons I excitedly jumped at the chance to be involved in it. Academia can often—whether purposefully or unintentionally—put up literal and figurative walls that create barriers instead of opportunities for large, cross-institution/cross-partner projects. Access to university resources [...]