When we insist on shared values and universal human experiences, we erase these productive differences and cripple the potential for equitable collaboration.
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Dieynabou Barry
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Functional Anarchy
I not only survived the functional anarchy in India, but embraced it. The beauty of India is that things always find a way of working out even when it seems impossible.
Dieynabou Barry
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Humans of Udaipur
During my time here in Rajasthan, I have met many interesting and different people with unique backgrounds. In this post,Continue reading
A Double-edged Sword & a Look to the Future
I came to realize that “it’s complicated” adequately describes almost everything I’ve encountered in relation to Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project.
Ben Siegelman
Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, travel
Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, travel
Native Trees and Weeping Fish: the Bisaya Environmentalism of Rose Abejero
For Rose Abejero, a poet and environmentalist, livelihoods are not only the cause of destruction but the reason for protection. She’s just one example of the many perspectives that have reshaped my own this summer.
Dieynabou Barry
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
You can’t have a rainbow without a little rain
I recognized that I will always have to work to gain people’s trust and sometimes it won’t feel good. It will require me to reflect deeply, un-learn to re-learn, and be wholly uncomfortable.
Reflections
As my internship ended, I thought about this project and how it still feels incomplete. There are hundreds more stories needing to be told, people eager to be given a voice.
Dieynabou Barry
internships, Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
internships, Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Traveling while Black: India
Being a black woman has proved to be a roadblock when conducting research in India.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
I recently attended a hearing on opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling for oil and gas. I also heard about the importance of the refuge – and even ran into some fellow Nic schoolers – at a rally outside the meeting.
Ben Siegelman
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental economics, environmental policy, forests, internships, marine studies, Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, sustainability, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental economics, environmental policy, forests, internships, marine studies, Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, sustainability, travel
Gleaning from the Gleaners
How do you learn from those with whom you can’t communicate? This question has posed a methodological and ethical quandary as I work on community-based mangrove restoration with Marine Conservation Philippines. My research explores localContinue reading