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The KLI is an advanced studies center supporting conceptual & reflexive thinking in the life & sustainability sciences. #DiversityisKey & #LittleThingsMatter
Jun 25, 2020 15 tweets 7 min read
S Schnorr @schnorrax & A Crittenden @an_crittenden presented an impressive approach to the ethics of science & field work that embodies our motto #HometoTheorythatMatters. Thread below summarizes messages important for anyone working with vulnerable populations! #KLIColloquium The push across scientific disciplines to collect biological samples outside of #WEIRD societies (western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) has led to an increase in research teams collecting bio-specimen data from an ever-expanding global participant pool. /1
Mar 31, 2020 7 tweets 8 min read
The KLI just hosted a Virtual #KLIColloquium open to the public! Exciting to see new faces! David Ludwig offered a unique blend of science engagement X philosophy to bring phil from the abstract to impact real world, social-environ issues. Here's /a thread/ summarizing his talk: Sustainability development projects often fail because systems are complex &problems are wicked. A crucial source of failure is epistemic: not integrating local expertise. But how can we integrate diff ontologies, knowledge, values, esp those incommensurable with Western science?