What Do You Get When You Cross a Logic ModelWhat Do You Get When You Cross a Logic Modelwith Transdisciplinary Action- Research?:

A User-Friendly Methodology fory gyDocumenting Intangible Outcomes!

Susan Thering Ph DSusan Thering, Ph.D. Department of Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Extensionsathering@wisc.edu

Transdisciplinary Action-Research:

A process of inquiry that “i k l d l ”“integrates knowledge cultures”to address “place-based” issues:

• Local Knowledge• Specialized Knowledge• Strategic Knowledge• Strategic Knowledge• Integrative Knowledge

i.e. “Partnership Building”

(V.A. Brown 2001, Stringer 1999)

A Methodology for Outreach Scholarship

From Thering S. 2011. Landscape Journal

TransdisciplinaryTransdisciplinary Learning

Partnership BuildingBuilding

Learning to EvaluateTransdisciplinary LearningTransdisciplinary Learning

““Nothing as practical as good theory”(Weiss 1999)

The Research Question:

H l h hi b ildiHow can we evaluate the partnership building aspectsof Extension programming?

Core Concepts from “The Literature”Core Concepts from The Literature(i.e. nobody cares what Sue From Buffalo thinks)

• “Community Capacity” (The CDC)( )

• “Three Domains of Learning” g(Habermas; Mezirow)

• “Cross-Cultural Learning” (Merryfiled & Subedi)( y )

Example From the Green Community Development Initiative: “Identifying and Overcoming the Barriers to Partnership”

What Do You Get When You Cross a Logic Modelwith Transdisciplinary Action- Research?:

A User-Friendly Methodology forDocumenting Intangible Outcomes!

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Susan Thering, Ph.D. Department of Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Extensionsathering@wisc.edu