What if the evaluation of our scientific work were based on participants and their contexts? Measures of impact are usually tied to journal ranking or prestige and citation counts. But what might emerge if we used the perspectives of those who participate in research as a key parameter?
This publication invites us to think about our work not only within the logic of traditional academia, but also as an ethical and relational practice, attentive to context, narratives, and the meanings co-created in interaction. To this end, we show how a social constructionist orientation and the arts can serve as resources for relational research, aimed at creating desirable futures in alignment with the needs of participating communities.