Event Title
Plenary 2: Diversity and Inclusion: How Critical Are These Concepts in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity?
Location
Moakley Auditorium
Start Time
13-5-2009 1:15 PM
End Time
13-5-2009 2:30 PM
Description
There is a growing awareness in the academe that our scholarship, research, and creative activities are not value-free. Yet the idea of informing our work with culturally inclusive principles is still controversial. Questions posed about this topic often include: 1) "Won't my work become politicized if I focus on cultural inclusion and equity?" 2) "Why is this relevant to me and the work that I do? My discipline has nothing to do with diversity issues." 3) "Isn't this just another thing to do when I am already over-worked?" The Diversity Inclusion Research Institute (DIRI) is a BSC faculty-run initiative focusing on these issues. DIRI members from multiple disciplines will share their experiences and questions stemming from their own culturally inclusive scholarship and research work. Emphasis will be placed on discussion with participants regarding ways we can continue to examine this issue as a campus community.
Plenary 2: Diversity and Inclusion: How Critical Are These Concepts in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity?
Moakley Auditorium
There is a growing awareness in the academe that our scholarship, research, and creative activities are not value-free. Yet the idea of informing our work with culturally inclusive principles is still controversial. Questions posed about this topic often include: 1) "Won't my work become politicized if I focus on cultural inclusion and equity?" 2) "Why is this relevant to me and the work that I do? My discipline has nothing to do with diversity issues." 3) "Isn't this just another thing to do when I am already over-worked?" The Diversity Inclusion Research Institute (DIRI) is a BSC faculty-run initiative focusing on these issues. DIRI members from multiple disciplines will share their experiences and questions stemming from their own culturally inclusive scholarship and research work. Emphasis will be placed on discussion with participants regarding ways we can continue to examine this issue as a campus community.
Comments
Moderator: William Lewis