Exclusion in Research: A point of view from Black and Asian Research Partners
Exclusion in Research: A point of view from Black and Asian Research Partners
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Partners in Research Discuss, Reflect and Share their thoughts on Communities seen or heard less in Research and the commonly used notion of ‘hard to reach’.
Partners in Research Discuss, Reflect and Share their thoughts on Communities seen or heard less in Research and the commonly used notion of ‘hard to reach’.
Space Wars: Exclusion from Research
Space Wars: Exclusion from Research
Collaborating for the UCL Public Engagement Blog, Rory, Sudhir Shah and Meerat Kurr shares their ideas for action to tackle the issues of exclusion of BAME communities from the point of view of the Asian community.
"…unlike the cast of space operas, research staff still too rarely take the leap to go beyond their usual department, let alone beyond the “known universe” of academic connections."
"…unlike the cast of space operas, research staff still too rarely take the leap to go beyond their usual department, let alone beyond the “known universe” of academic connections."
Using a comparison to Star Wars they highlight footfalls in academic habits in research and share tips on overcoming the ‘hard to reach’ barrier.
"Sending out calls for communities to come to the researcher’s base and asking them to describe things in academic terms is not collaboration. Being surprised that the same crowd shows up and blaming the absent for being tricky to track down is similarly unhelpful."
"Sending out calls for communities to come to the researcher’s base and asking them to describe things in academic terms is not collaboration. Being surprised that the same crowd shows up and blaming the absent for being tricky to track down is similarly unhelpful."
Read the full Space Wars blog to learn from Rory, Sudhir and Meerat.
Exploring the fluidity of ethnicity
Exploring the fluidity of ethnicity
Collaborating for the second UCL Public Engagement blog in the series of exclusion in research, Cherelle, Fola, Melvina and Mable explore the fluidity of ethnicity and the significant differences in their self-identified ethnicity as black women.
"These varying reflections on self-identity and ethnicity are subtle, but important
"These varying reflections on self-identity and ethnicity are subtle, but important
…If ethnicity is so fluid, how can researchers identify people from specific ethnic groups?"
…If ethnicity is so fluid, how can researchers identify people from specific ethnic groups?"
They discuss broad terms like ‘BAME’ and ‘Ethnic Minorities’, how to move forward from broad ethnic groupings and how to identify communities by being more specific and inclusive.
"Where members of the public share their knowledge and lived experiences, remunerate their contributions and facilitate this by including appropriate costings in applications at the bid stage."
"Where members of the public share their knowledge and lived experiences, remunerate their contributions and facilitate this by including appropriate costings in applications at the bid stage."
Read the full blog: HARD TO REseArCH: Black Inclusion in Research, to see what YOU can do now to promote meaningful equality, diversity and inclusion in research.
Both blogs compliment each other with nuggets of insight on tackling the misconception of ‘hard to reach’, figuring out the hidden barriers and what steps to take to build strong alliances and ensure meaningful and successful partnership in research.
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