ABSTRACT
To illustrate the framework, we weave together a description of the different parts of the RPP Brokers Framework with a series of cases drawn primarily from the Stanford–SFUSD Partnership. We kick off this chapter with a story from this RPP, and then subsequently explain each part of the framework – brokering to strengthen partners, brokering to strengthen partnerships, and the sociocultural, historical, and political contexts of RPP brokering. We accompany each part of the framework with one or two cases from the Stanford–SFUSD Partnership to see the parts of the framework put into practice. It is important to note we do not want to position the Stanford–SFUSD Partnership as an exemplar. Instead, our intention is to use the cases from the RPP to demonstrate what brokering might look like in action. To balance using one RPP to explain the framework in action and address the key motivation for engaging in RPPs as “shift[ing] power relations in the research endeavor”, we include some reflections at the end of the chapter about the inequitable power dynamics that may emerge and opportunities to address them.
