From Management to Engagement: How South Africa’s Square Kilometer Array Project Transformed Its Interactions With Stakeholder Groups

Anton Binneman; Corné Davis

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-817390-9.00006-3

From Management to Engagement: How South Africa’s Square Kilometer Array Project Transformed Its Interactions With Stakeholder Groups

Anton Binneman, Corné Davis

Strategic Communication

National Research Foundation

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Abstract

The square kilometer array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest telescope. As astronomy projects typically require, this project is cohosted at two remote locations, namely the Karoo in South Africa and Murchison Shire in Australia. The establishment of the SKA project had both positive and negative impacts on a variety of stakeholders. This chapter provides an overview of the SKA project in South Africa and discusses the evolution of the stakeholder engagement with different stakeholders as case studies, indicating the communication challenges and outcomes for each stakeholder group. This chapter concludes with considerations for stakeholder engagement broadly, lessons learned in the case studies and recommendations for future astronomy projects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Science and Public Engagement
Subtitle of host publication	21st Century Perspectives and Opportunities
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	221-243
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128173909
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817390-9.00006-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021

Keywords

Indigenous people
Science communication
Stakeholder collaboration
Stakeholder engagement
Strategic communication

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General Physics and Astronomy

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