Haviland, Maya2021-05-041352-7258http://hdl.handle.net/1885/231426In response to Helena Robinsons paper on collaboration and civic participation in the Encounters exhibition (Robinson, 2017) this article explores multiple axes of collaboration around which cross-cultural collaborative cultural productions in museums and beyond are configured. Arguing for the need for close examination of the situated nature of all collaborative endeavours the paper examines some of the challenges presented in practicing and researching collaborative practices in the cultural sectorapplication/pdfen-AU© 2017 Maya Haviland. Published with license by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group‘Encounters’ and the axes of collaboration201710.1080/13527258.2017.13475762020-11-23