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365 Days-11 ~ Putting Kibera on the Map (repost)
365 Days-11 This article on MapKibera focuses on a few interesting issues: how the maps created might be used: to shine more light on the Kibera census issue; to recognize and allocate services; as...
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365 Days-15/16 ~ Research, Ethics and Kids
Sime, Daniela(2008) ‘Ethical and methodological issues in engaging young people living in poverty with participatory research methods’, Children’s Geographies, 6: 1, 63 — 78 This paper is important in...
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365 Days-17/18 ~ A Yummy Response to An Essay: Can the Convention on the...
Last week I put up a post a mini-essay entitled Can the Convention on the Rights of the Child be Applied to Youth? on both my blog and on google docs. My hope was to have people comment on the essay,...
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365 Days-30 ~ Getting Back on Track …
Ok. hasn’t been a great two weeks in moving forward. I have read one article – - and haven’t reviewed it, and I should get to writing. Unfortunately family, work, etc (oh, and procrastination!!) seems...
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365 Days-31 ~ Youth Action! … Where?
London, J. K., Zimmerman, K., & Erbstein, N. (2003). Youth-led research and evaluation: Tools for youth, organizational, and community development. New Directions for Evaluation. This article is...
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365 Days-39 ~ Barcode-to-Bibliography App Crumbles My Cookie
All those years of arduously inputting, tweaking and re-tweaking bibliographic data … and now this! Sorry to be a bit selfish here, I am all for supporting the next generation and such, but couldn’t...
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365 Days-66 ~ The Ethical Responsibility of Researchers
Another great post from Michael Gurstein , who i now realize is a fellow Vancouverite (must be in the water or something). This issue is one that is a perennial favorite/sticks in my craw – the...
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365 Days-68 ~ We Have An App For That – Using Mobile Technology in Kibera
I follow this very interesting blog on “Community Informatics” which looks at how communities can be empowered through the provision of data. There was this interesting post which I have been meaning...
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365 Days-101 ~ Research 101: How to find out what researchers REALLY are...
Quick, what do you think chart says about youth? Click on the chart so you can read it better. Let me help interpret: 1. This chart is about security issues – specifically security/violence threats 2....
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365 days-163 ~ Google Making local Public Sector Data easier to access
The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe. Dr. McCoy, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Much of the massive change happening in Africa is drive by access to information. No, data is...
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