2023
Social Justice Project
This project was conducted as part of the CIS 668 (Social Justice and Inclusion Advocacy) class during fall 2023. It involved collaborating with Bwagamoyo Africulture, a dance and performance group located in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. At the conclusion of this project we established a community library and archive. On this page, I present the project's scope and plan.
2023
The Context
The geographic, cultural, disciplinary environment of the project. This project analyzes the gaps/problems in the cultural setting and specific aspects of social justice that are missing.
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Promising Practices I
A systematic bibliography of books and web resources in the area of the social justice project The goal of this assignment is to provide an increased understanding of the literature surrounding the project.
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(Inter)Disciplinary Perspectives
A critical and reflective description and analysis of my conceptual vision as a researcher/practitioner that informs the nature of the social justice project.
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Research Paradigms & Methods
Methods and Methodologies used to analyze the context in order to provide for the social justice collaborator.
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Social Development Goal
The Information Action Brief (IAB) is designed to inspire and mobilize the library/archive and information community to act locally or globally, personally or collectively, with a focus on the specific social justice agenda.
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Class Presentation
A presentation of assigned reading and a discussion on its relationship to the project.
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Social Justice Research Assessment
A presentation of the social justice project, the research literature, findings, interpretations, and a discussion of the practical implications of your research and how it will serve the social justice community in the project.