From the margins to the mainstream: deconstructing science communication as a white, Western paradigm

In this commentary we are concerned with what mainstream science communication has neglected through cultural narrowness and ambient racism: other practitioners, missing audiences, unvalued knowledge, unrecognised practices. We explore examples from First Nations Peoples in the lands now known as Au...

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Main Authors: Finlay, SM, Raman, S, Rasekoala, E, Mignan, V, Dawson, E, Neeley, L, Orthia, LA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sissa Medialab Srl 2021
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First Nations
Online Access:https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10121348/1/Finlay%20et%20al_2021_Margins%20to%20Mainstream_JCOM_2001_2021_C02.pdf
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spelling ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:10121348 2023-12-24T10:16:44+01:00 From the margins to the mainstream: deconstructing science communication as a white, Western paradigm Finlay, SM Raman, S Rasekoala, E Mignan, V Dawson, E Neeley, L Orthia, LA 2021-02-01 text https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10121348/1/Finlay%20et%20al_2021_Margins%20to%20Mainstream_JCOM_2001_2021_C02.pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10121348/ eng eng Sissa Medialab Srl https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10121348/1/Finlay%20et%20al_2021_Margins%20to%20Mainstream_JCOM_2001_2021_C02.pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10121348/ open Journal of Science Communication , 20 (1) , Article C02. (2021) Article 2021 ftucl 2023-11-27T13:07:39Z In this commentary we are concerned with what mainstream science communication has neglected through cultural narrowness and ambient racism: other practitioners, missing audiences, unvalued knowledge, unrecognised practices. We explore examples from First Nations Peoples in the lands now known as Australia, from Griots in West Africa and from People's Science Movements in India to help us reimagine science communication. To develop meaningfully inclusive approaches to science communication, we argue there is an urgent need for the ‘mainstream’ to recognise, value and learn from science communication practices that are all too often seen as at ‘the margins’ of this field. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University College London: UCL Discovery
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description In this commentary we are concerned with what mainstream science communication has neglected through cultural narrowness and ambient racism: other practitioners, missing audiences, unvalued knowledge, unrecognised practices. We explore examples from First Nations Peoples in the lands now known as Australia, from Griots in West Africa and from People's Science Movements in India to help us reimagine science communication. To develop meaningfully inclusive approaches to science communication, we argue there is an urgent need for the ‘mainstream’ to recognise, value and learn from science communication practices that are all too often seen as at ‘the margins’ of this field.
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author Finlay, SM
Raman, S
Rasekoala, E
Mignan, V
Dawson, E
Neeley, L
Orthia, LA
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Raman, S
Rasekoala, E
Mignan, V
Dawson, E
Neeley, L
Orthia, LA
From the margins to the mainstream: deconstructing science communication as a white, Western paradigm
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Raman, S
Rasekoala, E
Mignan, V
Dawson, E
Neeley, L
Orthia, LA
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title From the margins to the mainstream: deconstructing science communication as a white, Western paradigm
title_short From the margins to the mainstream: deconstructing science communication as a white, Western paradigm
title_full From the margins to the mainstream: deconstructing science communication as a white, Western paradigm
title_fullStr From the margins to the mainstream: deconstructing science communication as a white, Western paradigm
title_full_unstemmed From the margins to the mainstream: deconstructing science communication as a white, Western paradigm
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publishDate 2021
url https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10121348/1/Finlay%20et%20al_2021_Margins%20to%20Mainstream_JCOM_2001_2021_C02.pdf
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