Knowledge coproduction at the periphery of the urban and academia: Insights from Acapulco's metropolitan area.

This article examines the Coyuca Resilient to Climate (CRC) project, an academic-initiated knowledge coproduction process aimed at developing a gender-sensitive and participatory climate adaptation strategy for Coyuca's urban lagoon system in Guerrero, Mexico. Using Actor-Network Theory (ANT), the study traces the project's implementation and highlights four main complications faced by the research team: limited data and knowledge about the area, constrained research and institutional capacities, entrenched hierarchical governance and gender inequalities, and scarce local planning experience. The findings emphasize the importance of situating knowledge coproduction within the specific urban and academic contexts—particularly at the periphery of urban and academic systems—where power dynamics involve both privilege and vulnerability. The article argues that knowledge coproduction is a long-term process requiring sustained capacity-building and alliances to foster just cities and more equitable knowledge systems, with ANT providing a useful framework to understand the complexities and uncertainties inherent in such collaborative planning efforts.