...becoming increasingly important in the humanities and social sciences as well. The researchers point out: Such knowledge is intended to be useful to someone...the interests of the various actors are included. (Gibbons 1994: 4) Truth making becomes more participatory and dialogic, much after the fashion of Dewey's...

...specific and localized context. The knowledge produced in this context is intended to be useful. It is, 'always produced under an aspect of continuous...the interests of the various actors are included' (p. 4).2 Mode 2 knowledge is still propositional, but Mode 1 problems of relevance, transfer and adoption...

...beginning. Thus, knowledge is always produced under an aspect of continuous negotiation - that 182 is, it will not be produced unless and until the interests...context of application. Application in this sense is not equivalent to product development carried out for industry, and the processes that operate to determine...

...beginning. Knowledge thus produced is always produced under an aspect of continuous negotiation; this is, it will not be produced unless and until the interests...determine what knowledge is produced are much broader that is normally implied when one speaks about taking ideas to the market place. None the less, knowledge...

...becoming increasingly important in the humanities and social sciences as well. The researchers point out: "Such knowledge is intended to be useful to someone...the interests of the various actors are included."' Truth-making becomes more participatory and dialogic, much after the fashion of John Dewey's pragmatism,...

...beginning. Knowledge thus generated is always produced under an aspect of continuous negotiation, ie, it will not be produced unless and until the interests of the various actors are included. The reason for knowledge production is mostly dominated by supply and demand factors ('knowledge pull')....