Process of pilots
• Led by civil society organisations with support from academia.
• Concept notes, proposals, interim reports 1&2, case study workshops in Nov 17-18, April 18, revised and reworked
• Piloting Knowledge Swaraj Handbook• Reviewed in Nov internally• Revised case studies updated and finalised
March 2011
The Five pilotsHysterectomy in Rural AP •Technoscience, medical ethics, violence
•Technological responsibility
Reconstructing Knowledge in BE •Plurality and peoples choices•Experts and sustainability in disasters (guidelines..)
Democratising Water sector •Civil society in providing alternatives•Engaging expertise in water (process guidelines), citizen engagements in rivers (enacting expertise
Five Pilots contd…
Democratising Climate Change
•Big science, little science (human scale)revisited•Ethics and sustainability•Decentralised options and markets
Perceptions on ecological farming
•Whose knowledge counts?•Sustainability and engaging expertise
SET DEV workshops
Medical ethics team brought CWS to work with NIN closely – civil society entered CSIR labs… Jan 2010
Socialising science in India: Some lessons
• Science and innovation need knowledge dialogues and different kinds of expertise
• Few spaces that allow for dialogues – from commissions and councils to dialogues and Gyan Panchayats
• Science policy as articulating swaraj• Socialisation needs newer institutions and
capacities• Can benefit from many CSO experiences