An Exercise in Worldmaking 2020-2021

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has a particular standpoint which influences her work. Limited knowledge of Great Lakes and Africa's field context and individual bias could be an obstacle to address a comprehensive situation of the subject study even if researcher took ethnography study as if the role I played (Theofany: 2020). However, cosmopolitan responsibility can guide a researcher to go beyond hese limitations. A researcher shares a responsibility to pursue justice or peace to address the injustice to put more work efforts even on people from a different place. The role in producing knowledge can mediate this responsibility. An initiative - such as this proposed parliament - needs a strong and clear conceptual framework in its operation that can be produced by a researcher. In this work, a researcher should address just knowledge that acts as the foundation of the initiative, such as identifying the beneficiary's status justly. In the scoping study, I adopt the factual knowledge product from the figure that I play, reflecting a researcher contribution to justice enforcement. Anna Kamanzi tries to use the term for the subject justly, such as referring The Twa as an autochthon instead of indigenous that simplified their actual position due to historical marginalization and colonization in her work (Kamanzi, 2016: 15-26). This concept adoption aims to draw the actual narrative of the problem used in developing a solution for the beneficiary. Moreover, a researcher can generate their knowledge production by putting herself as a hub among the actors while aware of each actor's standpoint as the role I play in the simulation reflected. The media and researcher interaction comprises information exchange which can build knowledge and narrative. In this scheme, the researcher also approaches minority representatives, non-government organizations, international organizations, and donors to produce knowledge that can advocate for marginalized voices. However, communication with the government is limited due to the distrust to the government. This act reflects that the role as a hub did not work well and an antagonizing relation among stakeholders can obstruct the peacebuilding initiative that practically a collective action.

Addressing Comprehensive Narrative The researcher’s scoping study in the simulation reflects a product of knowledge that shapes the narrative in proposing the parliament—the scoping study's development based on understanding the problem’s landscape. According to the Rwandan Twa reflection, the 185


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