Description
As social inclusion researchers, we study underserved populations because we want to raise their voices and highlight critical needs within specific communities. However, if our professional need to publish or perish takes precedence, we risk causing more harm than good. From an ethical standpoint, we want to avoid approaching any community from a savior lens or an objective uninvolved observer. This 90-minute PDS, organized and presented by SIG Social Inclusion, will provide practical and meaningful guidance about how to approach SI research within underserved communities and how to positively impacts the people and systems who are the subjects of our research.
This PDS will highlight tools and techniques that SI researchers have used to build research projects with underserved communities that jointly contributed to meaningful solutions. Participating SI researchers will be encouraged to share tips, tricks, and lessons learned from their work. This PDS will interest researchers new to social inclusion research as well as provide an audience to hear ideas from those currently doing this type of work. This session will be particularly relevant to anyone pursuing grants in the United States, who may be struggling with articulating the broader impacts of their research.
Paper Number
1151
Recommended Citation
Connolly, Amy J.; Zaza, Sam; and Annabi, Hala, "How to Make a Respectful Impact in Service to Underserved Communities Before, During and After the Paper Gets Published" (2023). AMCIS 2023 Proceedings. 3.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2023/pds/pds/3
How to Make a Respectful Impact in Service to Underserved Communities Before, During and After the Paper Gets Published
As social inclusion researchers, we study underserved populations because we want to raise their voices and highlight critical needs within specific communities. However, if our professional need to publish or perish takes precedence, we risk causing more harm than good. From an ethical standpoint, we want to avoid approaching any community from a savior lens or an objective uninvolved observer. This 90-minute PDS, organized and presented by SIG Social Inclusion, will provide practical and meaningful guidance about how to approach SI research within underserved communities and how to positively impacts the people and systems who are the subjects of our research.
This PDS will highlight tools and techniques that SI researchers have used to build research projects with underserved communities that jointly contributed to meaningful solutions. Participating SI researchers will be encouraged to share tips, tricks, and lessons learned from their work. This PDS will interest researchers new to social inclusion research as well as provide an audience to hear ideas from those currently doing this type of work. This session will be particularly relevant to anyone pursuing grants in the United States, who may be struggling with articulating the broader impacts of their research.
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