Before a project begins: What should return? To whom? In which language? In which format? Who reviews it? Who receives attribution? Where is it stored? Is the format locally usable? What may remain private?
Knowledge Return
Knowledge developed through applied work must return to those it can serve.
Knowledge Return is not publicity and not an afterthought. It is a required project component in UCALP.
What Should Be Asked
What Knowledge Return Can Look Like
Possible forms: public article, Dictionary entry, community lesson, practical guide, translated resource, locally stored documentation, workshop, visual explanation, technical recommendation, public dataset, or institutional briefing.
Knowledge That Is Not Public
Some returned knowledge may be local rather than public, oral rather than digital, anonymous, restricted, simplified for a specific audience, or translated into a more useful language or form.
A project is not complete when the output is submitted. It is complete when usable knowledge has been returned to the people, communities, or institutions that can use it.