Lec 19 Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
What is the point of transdisciplinary research?
A
- to do research that benefits w/ the communities you are working in.
- respect of academics to politics + ethics (do the right thing but don’t expect rewards)
2
Q
3 types of transdisciplinary research?
A
disciplinary: international collabs w/ colleagues in other institutes.
inter: engage in capacity building in approaches + techniques that are not endemic to ARKY sciences
trans: driven by grand research problems, rather than disciplinary affiliation
collab b/t scientists, applied researchers, communities, policy makers
3
Q
Criteria for doing Transdisciplinary Research?
A
- telling neighbors what you do
- sharing goals w/ schools/universities
- build landmarks that community sees and uses
- infrastructure transfer for greater purposes
- show care for health and societal challenges
- use authority to negotiate for community
- invest to curate + manage data and collections
- tourism
- bottom up publicity + dissemination
4
Q
Examples from Dr. Mercader’s work relating to transdisciplinary research?
A
- Community involvement: public interpretation of research + data, regardless of final say
- Bilingualism: detailed description of post-dig excavation process for artifact found
- Education: recruiting young talents
- Past Academics/Societal Issues: infrastructure creation, building schools, wells, medicine, repainting/providing supplies/etc
- Publication + Media: adjusting lingo, digital spread
- Authority: negotiating for the creation/accommodation of community (ex. water well)
BOMA: name of villages, perimeter has thorn walls
