January 31, 2026 QA: How researchers and communities build mutually beneficial work by Pennsylvania State University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: fact-checked trusted source proofread The GIST Add as preferred source People from the community of the Teotihuacan Valley gather to watch the 1961 film "Land and Water," which documents traditional life in the valley before Mexico City's major urban expansion. Credit: Kirk French, Land and Water Revisited Community-engaged research often raises questions about who benefits from academic work and how knowledge moves between universities and the people most affected by the issues being studied. In his research and film projects, Kirk French, an assistant professor of anthropology and of film production and media studies at Penn State, works with communities as collaborators rather than subjects, shaping research questions, methods and outcomes alongside local partners. The film "Land and Water Revisited" was developed with multiple collaborators, including associate producers Alonso Rodríguez and Perla Martínez in Mexico's Teotihuacan Valley. It offers one example of how French's approach functions in practice, revealing how environmental change, collective memory and long-term relationships intersect in community-based resea
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