data, knowledge, technology and tools
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Schedule 9:00-9:45—Data, knowledge, technology
and tools 9:45-12:00—Tool Workshops 12:00-2:00– Lunch & Break 2:00-3:00—Intentions and Questions
Discussion 3:15-5:30—Tool Workshops 5:30—Dinner 6:30—Gather to leave for Seabright Beach
Next 45 minutes… Data, Information, Knowledge in the
community engagement process Research/Knowledge and Project Cycles Building/Engaging Community—Thinking
about technology Information tools workshops-preview
What is knowledge? Data, information, knowledge Explicit versus tacit Does knowledge have to be
sharable to be knowledge? Why do we care how we
define knowledge?
Models of Community Engaged Research
Many names and models action research, participatory action research,
collaborative research, community engaged research, public intellectual activity, grounded theory, radical scholarship, community-initiated student-engaged research, equity oriented collaborative community-based research, …
Commonalities? Social justice orientation Valuing multiple ways of knowing …?
Knowledge and research cycle
Identify areas of research interest
Distinguish research-able topic
Define/refine
research question(s)
and methods
Gather data
Analyze data
Develop conclusio
ns
Disseminate
findings
Knowledge and research cycle
Identify areas of research interest
Distinguish research-able topic
Define/refine
research question(s)
and methods
Gather data
Analyze data
Develop conclusio
ns
Disseminate
findings
Knowledge and research cycle
Identify areas of research interest
Distinguish research-able topic
Define/refine
research question(s)
and methods
Gather data
Analyze data
Develop conclusio
ns
Disseminate
findings
Knowledge and research cycle
Identify areas of research interest
Distinguish research-able topic
Define/refine
research question(s)
and methods
Gather data
Analyze data
Develop conclusio
ns
Disseminate
findings
Technology and Communities Zapatista uprising and its lessons and
legacy Getting beyond the breadth versus
depth debate
The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project is a data-visualization, data analysis, and storytelling collective documenting the dispossession of San Francisco Bay Area residents in the wake of the Tech Boom 2.0.
Dolbeare, Cushing (2001) Changing Priorities: The Federal Budget and Housing Assistance, 1976-2002 (Washington DC: National Low-Income Housing Coalition)
Everett Program Approach Information technology is just a tool, but
it is a powerful tool, and current uses are predominantly exclusionary and exploitative
Information technology can be powerful in the hands of effective social justice and environmental sustainability organizations
Peer-to-peer and near-to-peer learning is an effective way of demystifying technology and overcoming digital divides