This ICBO paper is also available to the public for download via https://www.informalscience.org/importance-funding-communities-directly The ICBOs have been working on community-led De-Colonial Participatory Action Research for eight years now under two NSF AISL awards: (DRL #1422022) Collaborative Research: Examining Contextual Factors that Influence the Implementation of Projects Designed to Improve Cultural Diversity in Informal […]
Equity
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The Noise project aims to bridge the disconnect with scientific institutions and communities. It attempts to collaborate in an equitable, egalitarian, respectful way. The Noise project wants to create equitable community research. Community – People with shared experiences, sense of history, and belonging. Typically, institutions working with communities find it difficult to […]
By Luna Castelli Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a movement that joins together activists and scholars who study and aim to transform “the relationship among race, racism, and power”(1). Originally started in the legal discipline, this theory has spread to various fields of study, research, and activism. Nowadays, CRT is […]
Noisy transportation and your health When you imagine a busy intersection what do you hear? Many times, this image is accompanied by the loud sounds of tires, car horns, and rumbling trucks. Now imagine adding the sound of a train or subway running next to the intersection and an airplane […]