Mobilising knowledge in community-university partnerships: What does a community of practice approach contribute?

Contemporary Social Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-291

  Hart, Angie ^a   Davies, Ceri ^a   Aumann, Kim ^b   Wenger, Etienne ^c   Aranda, Kay ^a   Heaver, Becky ^a   Wolff, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Boingboing Social Enterprise   (United Kingdom)

^c Independent consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

communities of practice; community university partnerships; knowledge exchange; knowledge mobilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889680392     PISSN: 21582041     EISSN: 2158205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2013.767470     Document Type: Article

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