scholarly journals Use of Arts-based Research to Uncover Racism

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-58
Author(s):  
Trehani M. Fonseka ◽  
Akin Taiwo ◽  
Bharati Sethi
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Arts Based Research ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
Address System ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The article provides an overview of arts-based research (ABR) within social work and general healthcare practice in Canada, and how it can be used to uncover racism within vulnerable populations, particularly youth, women, immigrants and refugees, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex  (LGBTQI) community, and Indigenous peoples. This is a general review of the literature. A literature search was conducted using the University of Western Ontario’s Summons database, with coverage from January 2000 to February 2019. Data exploring participant experiences, personal identity, voice, and invisible powers were extracted, and analyzed using a critical race lens to examine the intersection of societal and cultural practice with race and power.Results indicate that ABR can support therapeutic recovery from oppression by enhancing self-expression of feelings and thoughts, and affording participants the agency to reclaim and reframe their personal narrative. ABR can further generate a sense of community by creating connections between participants with similar oppressions to overcome disconnection and marginalization. Within a broader community context, ABR permits the sharing of stories and insights with others, which can generate dialogue on important social issues to expose areas of social inequity and oppression alongside potential solutions for transformative social action. This dialogue can also extend to discussions with policy makers on the impact of social inequities to guide recommendations that address system gaps for broader community-level change. The paper concludes that ABR can move beyond merely reflecting on social conditions toward actively addressing them by promoting sustainable social change. The voices expressed through ABR illustrate possible solutions to overcome racism through inclusive social practice, deconstruction of the racial status quo, and movement toward an equitable distribution of power.

scholarly journals The Impact of a University Experience Program on Rural and Regional Secondary School Students: Keeping the Flame Burning

10.28945/3693 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 035-048
Author(s):  
Joy Penman ◽  
Jyothi Thalluri
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
School Staff ◽  
University Campus ◽  
School Students ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Regional Universities ◽  
University Experience ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Aim/Purpose: The uptake of university by regional students has been problematic for various reasons. This paper discusses a program, initiated by a South Australian regional university campus, aimed at attracting regional students into higher education. Background: A qualitative descriptive approach to study was used to determine the value of the program on participating students and school staff. Year 10 students from Roxby Downs, Port Augusta and Port Lincoln high schools were invited to participate in a two-day regionally-focussed school-university engagement program that linked students with the university campus and local employers. Methodology: A survey was administered to determine the impact of the program. Perceptions about the program by school staff were gathered using a modified One-Minute Harvard questionnaire. While 38 Year 10 students and 5 school staff members participated, 37 students and 3 staff evaluated the program. Findings: The findings revealed that the majority of the students would like to attend university, but financial and social issues were important barriers. The students learned about the regional university, what it can offer in terms of programs and support, and the employment prospect following university. The school staff benefited by developing a closer relationship with students and becoming better informed about the regional university. Recommendation for Practitioners: One way by which university uptake may be increased is to provide similar immersion programs featuring engagement with employers, our recommendation to other regional universities. In increasing the levels of education, individuals, communities and the society in general are benefited.

scholarly journals Network for Supporting Education of Foreign Children During Covid-19: Language Assessments as a Tool for Promoting Community Integration

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Hiroko Sawada ◽  
Rizu Inoue
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Community Integration ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Japanese Education ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Language Assessments ◽  
The University ◽  
Japanese Schools ◽  
The Impact

The rising number of foreign residents in Japan has caused the number of children with foreign backgrounds in Japanese schools to increase. The present Japanese education system does not adequately support children whose mother language is not Japanese, and their educational problems have turned into social issues. We have conducted an action research project in collaboration with several schools and one university to determine how to develop a support system through online media that would soften the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that language assessment is the key to driving the project and sharing the results of the assessment analysis with all project participants works effectively to promote collaboration between schools, families, and the university.

scholarly journals Bridging the Atlantic Projects: nursing students learning to work globally with vulnerable groups

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Brisbois ◽  
H Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Development Of Competencies ◽  
The University ◽  
Global World ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Providing care for vulnerable groups requires the development of competencies such as openness to diversity, cultural sensitivity and equity. Health education institutions face the challenge of preparing students in developing these competencies in a global world. The Bridging the Atlantic program, a partnership between the University of the Azores (Portugal) and the University of Dartmouth (MA, US) in the field of Community Nursing, was created to respond to this need. Students from both universities work collaboratively to develop competencies in providing health care to vulnerable groups based on the IN-STEP (International Student Exchange Partnership) Framework. Objectives (i) to contribute to the improvement of the health status of vulnerable groups; (ii) to develop clinical competencies addressing vulnerable groups among nursing students. Results Between 2015 and 2019, 110 students were involved in health promotion projects carried out with aggregates of elderly immigrants, deportees, fishermen, children from low income schools. The benefits for the vulnerable groups were mainly related to raise awareness in the communities concerning the problems these groups face. Regarding the impact of the program on training, students reported they developed competencies on: (i) understanding cultural differences; (ii) recognizing different health care systems; (iii) reconsidering the role of the nurse; (iv) building teamwork; (v) integrating theory into practice; and, (vi) peer mutual learning. Conclusions Engaging in health promotion projects globally through collaborative efforts seemed to be effective for the improvement of health of vulnerable groups and student development. Key messages Universities need to deepen the development of competencies in students to intervene with vulnerable groups in a global world. Although designed for nursing students in a community context, this model can be used in similar ways by other fields of health or social intervention.

scholarly journals Interview as Social Practice: How Can Nexus Analysis Enhance Reflexivity?

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 160940692110286
Author(s):  
Amos Dangbie Dordah ◽  
Anders Horsbøl
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Mining Site ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Interview Situation ◽  
Nexus Analysis ◽  
The Impact

This article suggests that the understanding of an interview as a social practice can be enhanced by the notion of social action mediated by language and material tools as proposed in nexus analysis methodology. Interviews can be viewed either as a source of gathering information or social practice. The latter approach advocates for a greater sense of reflexivity about the interview situation. This article suggests that nexus analysis methodology can help concretize the greater reflexivity about interactional resources of an interview in different ways. One such way is to explore how parties in an interview interaction use material places to bring out discourses that may otherwise not have been triggered if conventional qualitative interview approaches were used. This is illustrated with interviews about the impact of gold mining on human well-being in the Ahafo Region of Ghana, carried out on a gold mining site. This article concludes that paying attention to the interview site has an unrealized potential to strengthen the reflexivity about the interview situation.

scholarly journals Educational and Ethical Aspects of the Technoscience Challenges in the University Landscape

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
D. V. Chernikova ◽  
I. V. Chernikova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Practical Aspect ◽  
Self Control ◽  
The Status ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Education and research are the main vectors that determine the development path of the university, while the transformations of the nature of science are so significant that in the field of education they find expression not only in the emergence of new disciplines and specialties, but also in the revision of the educational paradigm of a modern university. The paper analyzes the impact of transformations of modern science and methods of scientific knowledge production on the university and its research and educational strategies. In technoscience as a modern form of the post-non-classical paradigm of scientific rationality, science and technology form a hybrid of theoretical activity and social practice. Knowledge is produced not only in the context of discovery and underpinning, but also in the context of the estimated consequences of its application. It is shown that the challenges of technoscience, together with the dynamically developing global economy of knowledge, influence the development strategies of the university, which today performs not only research and educational functions, but also implements the mission of social responsibility, contributing to sustainable development, the introduction of responsible technologies and innovations, defending the status of knowledge as public good as opposed to the status of knowledge as social capital. The specificity of the technoscience ethos in the educational landscape of the university is updated, due to the transdisciplinary organization of scientific knowledge. Transdisciplinary research is characterized by a new vertical dimension that goes beyond the plane of object connections not only into the sphere of human as an agent, but also into the sphere of his life, practice, socio-cultural values, combining the complexity of the world with the complexity of human knowledge. The introduction of converging technologies is characterized by the unpredictability of undesirable side effects arising during their creation and operation. In a practical aspect, the ethics of technoscience is designed to contribute to the creation of mechanisms of self-restraint and self-control in conditions of uncertainty; it requires the researcher to be able to self-reflect on the methods, goals and consequences of the technologies usage. The task of a modern university in the context of the technoscience challenges is to cultivate a responsible professional, a person who is aware not only of the epistemic responsibility of a professional, but also of the internal, existential responsibility of a person as a global citizen.

scholarly journals The Impact of Standards-Based Learning: Tracking High School Students’ Transition to the University

2020 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-269
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Guskey ◽  
Matt Townsley ◽  
Thomas M. Buckmiller
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
School Students ◽  
University Courses ◽  
The University ◽  
Implementation Of Standards ◽  
The Impact

This study sought to determine if the implementation of standards-based learning in high schools affects students’ transition to learning in university courses. Surveys and interviews with 13 students who had graduated from high schools implementing standards-based learning and who had completed their first academic semester at a midsize, private, Midwest university revealed no detrimental effects. The most frequently mentioned transition difficulties related to social issues and time management. Implications for implementing high school grading reforms are discussed.

scholarly journals Tecnologías SIG Open Source respondiendo a una necesidad social: Vulnerabilidad de mujeres desplazadas en Colombia [Open Source GIS Technologies responding to a social need: vulnerability of displaced women in Colombia]

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz Mery Gómez Contreras ◽  
Diego Randolf Pérez Rincón ◽  
Richard Ibarra Negrette
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
The Impact

Resumen Este artículo trata sobre la implementación de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica, SIG, en Web, como una solución informática para el manejo de información espacial relacionada con problemáticas sociales. Presenta una descripción de las características principales de estos sistemas y las ventajas que surgen al trabajarlos con tecnologías Open Source. Hace un análisis sobre la incidencia de los SIG en la sociedad y sobre los aportes que potencialmente pueden lograrse en las temáticas sociales, para seguidamente, presentar una experiencia en la aplicación de estas tecnologías en el tema de desplazamiento forzado, describiendo el Sistema de Información Geográfica. Vulnerabilidad de la Mujer Desplazada SIG-VMD, el cual permite ubicar espacialmente las situaciones de vulnerabilidad que afrontan las mujeres desplazadas en Colombia y se constituye en el producto final de un proyecto de investigación emprendido por el Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi, IGAC, en colaboración con la Agencia Presidencial para la Acción Social y la Cooperación Internacional-Acción Social, que buscó dar respuesta a las solicitudes planteadas por las organizaciones de mujeres. Finalmente, se incluyen unas conclusiones sobre las temáticas, las tecnologías y las experiencias abordadas en el artículo. Palabras ClaveSistemas de Información Geográfica, Problemáticas sociales, Tecnologías Open Source   Abstract This article describes the implementation of the Geographic Information Systems, GIS, through the internet, as a software solution for managing spatial data related to social problems. It presents a description of the main characteristics of these systems and the benefits of working them trough Open Source technologies. The software does an analysis on the impact of GIS on society and on the contributions that can potentially be achieved in social issues, to then present an experience in implementing these technologies on the issue of forced displacement, describing the Geographic Information Systems. Vulnerability of displaced women GIS-VMD, which allows spatializing the vulnerabilities faced by displaced women in Colombia, and it is the final product of a research project undertaken by the Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi, IGAC, in collaboration with the Presidential Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation-Acción Social, who seek to respond to the requests by women's organizations. Finally, some conclusions on the issues, technologies and experiences discussed in the article are included.Keywords Geographic Information Systems, Social Problems, Open Source Technologies

scholarly journals The Impact of a University Experience Program on Rural and Regional Secondary School Students: Keeping the Flame Burning

10.28945/3654 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Penman ◽  
Jyothi Thalluri
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
School Staff ◽  
University Campus ◽  
School Students ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Regional Universities ◽  
University Experience ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

[This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology] Aim/Purpose : The uptake of university by regional students has been problematic for various reasons. This paper discusses a program, initiated by a South Australian regional university campus, aimed at attracting regional students into higher education. Background: A qualitative descriptive approach to study was used to determine the value of the program on participating students and school staff. Year 10 students from Roxby Downs, Port Augusta and Port Lincoln high schools were invited to participate in a two-day regionally-focussed school-university engagement program that linked students with the university campus and local employers. Methodology: A survey was administered to determine the impact of the program. Perceptions about the program by school staff were gathered using a modified One-Minute Harvard questionnaire. While 38 Year 10 students and 5 school staff members participated, 37 students and 3 staff evaluated the program. Findings: The findings revealed that the majority of the students would like to attend university, but financial and social issues were important barriers. The students learned about the regional university, what it can offer in terms of programs and support, and the employment prospect following university. The school staff benefited by developing a closer relationship with students and becoming better informed about the regional university. Recommendation for Practitioners: One way by which university uptake may be increased is to provide similar immersion programs featuring engagement with employers, our recommendation to other regional universities. In increasing the levels of education, individuals, communities and the society in general are benefited.

Opening up scholarly information at the University of Illinois at Chicago

First Monday ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary M. Case ◽  
Nancy R. John
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Collaborative Partnership ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Computing Center ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Opening Up

This paper describes and reflects on the University of Illinois at Chicago's infrastructure for journal publishing (http://journals.uic.edu) using OJS. It describes why the Library took on this role. Two specific journal examples, First Monday and Behavior and Social Issues, are analyzed. The paper addresses the implementation and the strategies; it also considers the impact of the software on the journals. In particular, the key role played by the Library is explored, along with the importance of a supportive, collaborative partnership with the campus' Computing Center. Finally, the place of the OJS implementation in the Library's total information management strategy is described, along with plans for the future.

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