Crossing boundaries in rural research

Bibliographic Data

ID2399657
AuthorsRobyn Eversole (0000-0001-7482-6188, Swinburne University of Technology, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume58
Issue2
Pages144-160
Publication date2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/14407833211014257
OpenAlexW3162419765
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited35

Rural places around the world share common issues related to their positioning outside social, political, and economic centres of power. More than simply tyranny of distance, many issues can be attributed to tyranny at distance: that is, the power of distant decision-makers to direct rural development from afar with little knowledge of rural contexts. In response to the challenge to progress a transformative research agenda for rural sociology, this article theorises a 'cross-boundary' approach to research for rural development, to address persisting issues of development ignorance. Cross-boundary knowledge production values the multiple, contextualised knowledges of rural people and brings these into dialogue with academic knowledges across disciplines to inform practical rural solutions. Rural sociologists, with their in-depth understanding of rural community dynamics and larger social structures, are ideally positioned to broker cross-boundary knowledge partnerships that equip rural communities to solve old problems in new ways

Agriculture · Boundary (topology) · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Ignorance · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Public relations · Rural area · Rural development · Rural history · Rural management · Rural sociology · Social science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Law · Rural development and sustainability · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics