Trust and temporality in participatory research

This paper argues that trust cannot be taken for granted in long-term participatory research and promotes greater consideration to conceptualizing the trusting process as fluid fragile. awareness by researchers can reveal them how passing of time shapes reshapes nature relationships their constant negotiation re-negotiation. The draws together literature from different disciplines on themes trust, temporality outcomes interviews workshops undertaken Trust Map project focus two key moments fragility trust. These are subtlety disruption trial at a distance. We discuss was built over through processes interaction were continually tested, incremental participatory.