Table 5 Forms of power in relation to boundary objects (authors’ elaboration)
From: City residents, scientists and policy-makers: power in co-producing knowledge
Dimensions of Power | Actors | Case study location | Boundary object | Processes of interrupting unequal power relations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Expert power | Scientists/researchers | Kampala-Uganda | Energy briquette from organic waste | â–ª Energy briquette as the symbol for turning environmental health burdens into livelihood opportunities. â–ª Energy briquette enterprises as the means to the policy-shift away from landfill solutions |
Statutory power | Policy-makers/municipal technocrats | Stellenbosch-South Africa | A 14.2 m2 improved Shack dwelling with a fire-retardant insulation, a solar panel, and a gutter | ▪ iShack as an infrastructure for solving housing, energy and sanitation challenges, and shaping which futures are considered desirable or even possible for urban dwellers in informal settlements. |
Power over locally-embedded knowledge | Local community groups (formal and informal) and city residents | Durban-South Africa | A localized coastal vulnerability assessment, social, economic, built environment, and physical characteristics were integrated into a single tool | â–ª An integrated coastal vulnerability assessment tool as the legitimate figure to judge which measure/indicators are relevant for science and valuable to policy-makers and city residents |