Engaged Scholarship
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The challenges of doing engaged research – a graduate student reflection
By Remy Franklin It was a morning in early May when I opened my computer to find an email back from the Institutional Review Board providing comments on my application […]
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Introducing the Climate Alliance Mapping Project
The Public Political Ecology Lab is pleased to announce the Climate Alliance Mapping Project (CAMP), a collaborative effort between academics, environmental NGOs, and indigenous organizations. Through Participatory Action Research and […]
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Locating the public in research and practice – Lynn Staeheli and Don Mitchell
What does ‘public space’ mean? The authors analyze various ways that public space is conceptualized, finding that political orientations and normative visions of democracy are important factors underlying differing definitions of ‘the public.’
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The Complex Politics of Relevance in Geography – Lynn Staeheli and Don Mitchell
What makes research relevant? Why should research be relevant? The authors argue that relevance is a contested social and political process with indirect pathways that may escape our best intentions to make our research relevant.
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Engaged Scholarship: Reflections and Research on the Pedagogy of Social Change – Tessa Peterson
The author examines the possibilities and pitfalls of community-based education and service-learning, focusing on how we can build more effective and successful pedagogical approaches that produce socially responsible students and empower communities.
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Geography and public policy: the case of the missing agenda – Ron Martin
Why has the impact of geography on policy been limited? The author examines the reasons for the limited influence of geographers on shaping public perception and government policy. The author offers suggestions for moving toward a ‘geography of public policy.’
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Entering the Century of the Environment: A New Social Contract for Science – Jane Lubchenco
The author explores 4 critical questions: 1) How is our world changing? 2) What are the implications of these changes for society? 3) What is the role of science in meeting the challenges created by the changing world? and 4) How should scientists respond to these challenges?
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