Power and knowledge negotiations in a collectivity of practice: From peripheralization to epistemological suspicion

Knowledge co-creation at the boundaries of communities practice (CoPs) can lead to heightened tensions and power struggles. This study examines how struggles among CoPs begin structure knowledge creation processes. Drawing on a qualitative case new medical research project, shows negotiations became manifested through conflicting discursive positioning coercive affecting efforts. One CoP adopted an authoritative leader role, prioritized their own problem definition process, engaged in peripheralization other CoPs. The moves prevented development shared problems interconnected practices contributing epistemological suspicion participating offers insights dynamics situated learning knowing by problematizing relationship between localized emerging practices, shedding light operate together, developing as potential explanations for why workers struggle act opportunities co-creation.