Joint research: A contemporary socio-anthropological fact
In the field of scientific production of knowledge, a profound transformation has been taking place in recent decades both socially and in the social sciences. The innovative process that we observe is characterized by the desire of social actors to be involved in the process of producing and using knowledge about objects that concern them. This epistemic requirement also corresponds to the need expressed and implemented by a growing number of university researchers. Working “together” or “jointly” in a “collaborative” or “participatory research,” and sometimes in a “partnership research,” comprises the possibility of opening up science, democratizing the dimensions of research and also of questioning the performative reach of this way of generating new knowledge.