Abstract
Background
Many community interventions struggle to involve and engage the most vulnerable groups in co-production processes. The purpose of this study is to provide knowledge concerning ways of ensuring participation and co-production in a community restaurant with residents from a deprived neighborhood. The study is part of the initiative Tingbjerg Changing Diabetes and the purpose of the restaurant is to engage residents and mobilize resources through participation in cooking workshop, social dining and co-production processes.
Methods
The study is based on Community Action Research (CAR), combining 1) in depth ethnographic fieldwork in the neighborhood Tingbjerg from January 2020 to August 2021, 2) participatory methods engaging residents in the development process and 3) interviews with stakeholders (n:7) and residents (n:9). The study is ongoing, but most data has been gathered and preliminary analyses have been conducted.
Preliminary Findings
Results show that co-production in the community restaurant is characterized by a flexible approach to participation. Furthermore, the study illustrates that co-production processes are be build up over time. Conventional approaches to co-production, e.g. as a facilitated process did not fit well into the context. Rather, for co-production to become valuable, practitioners had to let co-production happen in the everyday meeting with residents.
Conclusions
The engagement of residents was a prerequisite for valuable co-production processes, and co-production in the everyday meeting provided value for both residents and practitioners who managed to build sustainable relationships and mobilize resources to take ownership of the restaurant. Main message: There is potential in moving co-production away from facilitated processes and into the everyday meeting with residents from deprived neighborhoods. This will potentially lead to more sustainable interventions and ownership.
Key messages
Co-production can be executed in the everyday meeting with residents from a deprived neighborhood.
Flexible and fluid approach to participation can ensure attendance and engagement from the seemingly ‘unengageable'.
Many community interventions struggle to involve and engage the most vulnerable groups in co-production processes. The purpose of this study is to provide knowledge concerning ways of ensuring participation and co-production in a community restaurant with residents from a deprived neighborhood. The study is part of the initiative Tingbjerg Changing Diabetes and the purpose of the restaurant is to engage residents and mobilize resources through participation in cooking workshop, social dining and co-production processes.
Methods
The study is based on Community Action Research (CAR), combining 1) in depth ethnographic fieldwork in the neighborhood Tingbjerg from January 2020 to August 2021, 2) participatory methods engaging residents in the development process and 3) interviews with stakeholders (n:7) and residents (n:9). The study is ongoing, but most data has been gathered and preliminary analyses have been conducted.
Preliminary Findings
Results show that co-production in the community restaurant is characterized by a flexible approach to participation. Furthermore, the study illustrates that co-production processes are be build up over time. Conventional approaches to co-production, e.g. as a facilitated process did not fit well into the context. Rather, for co-production to become valuable, practitioners had to let co-production happen in the everyday meeting with residents.
Conclusions
The engagement of residents was a prerequisite for valuable co-production processes, and co-production in the everyday meeting provided value for both residents and practitioners who managed to build sustainable relationships and mobilize resources to take ownership of the restaurant. Main message: There is potential in moving co-production away from facilitated processes and into the everyday meeting with residents from deprived neighborhoods. This will potentially lead to more sustainable interventions and ownership.
Key messages
Co-production can be executed in the everyday meeting with residents from a deprived neighborhood.
Flexible and fluid approach to participation can ensure attendance and engagement from the seemingly ‘unengageable'.
| Original language | Danish |
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| Publication date | 10 Nov 2021 |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Nov 2021 |