¡Milwaukee Evaluation! Inc.
presents
Emancipatory Research and Evaluation
with Lesley-Ann Noel
Thursday, August 2, 2018
12:00-1:00pm CST
Oppression over others, over entire communities, and over the environment can take many forms. So can the resistance. In this webinar series we will be introduced to a strand of research that originated in the disability studies field. In this strand, people living with disabilities called out able-bodied researchers for perpetuating stigma and driving a biased research agenda that did not help the very people being studied, measured, surveyed, or tracked. In turn, emanicipatory practices can increase democratic practices within research and evaluation. By the end of this webinar, we will be able to:
- Describe the key aims of emancipatory research.
- Apply a framework for assessing a research or evaluation project through an emancipatory lens so that your projects can be more emancipatory.
- Discuss the main criticisms of the emancipatory strand, including challenges with implementation.
- Draw from real-life projects that have used this lens to balance power, and conduct research and evaluation in a way that is emancipatory, inclusive, and respectful of multiple perspectives.
Webinar participants are encouraged to watch the webinar with colleagues and discuss how key themes can be applied to your organization's work. This is an introductory webinar and examples will be drawn from community development, international development, k-12 education, and design. This webinar will NOT be recorded. Handouts will be sent 1-2 days to registered participants.
Lesley-Ann Noel is a lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. She has worked as a consultant with agencies such as the Guyana Chamber of Commerce and Industry, CBI - Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries, The Export Promotion Council of Kenya, Caribbean Export, The International Trade Centre and the Commonwealth Secretariat. In her professional practice she draws on the fields of design, anthropology, business, and education to collaborate with stakeholders on product development and business strategy. She has exhibited work at design exhibitions in Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Brazil, Germany, France and the USA. She has also presented peer-reviewed papers at design conferences in the Caribbean, the USA, the UK and India. She has a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Design from Universidade Federal do Paraná in Brazil,and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. She is a former Fulbright Scholar and a PhD Candidate in Design at North Carolina State University. In her research she uses design thinking at elementary school level to promote a critical awareness among children, to encourage student empowerment and agency and to build their empathy and critical thinking skills. The work was developed around the needs of underserved and under-resourced populations. To learn more about her work and past publications check out her website.
