Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington
About the Center Calendar of Events Center Programs UW Courses Sponsored Projects Apply for Support Center Publications
Expanding Interdisciplinarity From Campus to Community
Organizers

Kelly Fryer-Edwards (Medical History & Ethics) Website

Alison Wylie (Philosophy and Anthropology) Website

Objectives

This is a working conference on community based collaborative research practice. Over the course of the meeting, we will pursue:

  1. An exploration of best practices, including exemplary successes and lessons learned

  2. An examination of how collaborative practice can transform and invigorate research, through specific impact on the design, conduct, and outcomes of research in community forestry, collaborative archaeology, and community health

  3. Development of recommendations for those moving forward with research collaborations

Conference details (pdf)

Program

June 5-7, 2008
University of Washington

Thursday, June 5: Public Panel - CBPR in Focus
7:00-9:00 pm
Communications 120

Community Based Participatory Practice in Focus

 
                             
Louise Fortmann (Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley)
Cathy Jordan (Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Minnesota)
Richa Nagar
(Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota)           
George Nicholas (Archaeology, Simon Fraser University)

Friday, June 6: Workshop Panels
By Invitation Only

I. Natural Resources / Community Forestry
Moderator:
Louise Fortmann
Heidi Ballard (Environmental Education, University of California, Davis)
Sara Breslow (Environmental Anthropology, University of Washington)
Judy DeHose (Cibicue Community School Board, Cibecue, Arizona) and Jonathan Long (Pacific Southwest Research Station, Incline Village, Nevada)
Andrew Light (Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of Washington)

II. Community Health / Genomics
Moderator: Cathy Jordan
Janice Barlow (Zero Breast Cancer, Marin, California) and Natalie Collins (California Breast Cancer Research Program, University of California)
Bonnie Duran (Health Survices and IWRI, University of Washington) and Kalvin White (Division of Dine Education, Navajo Nation)
Lisa Rey Thomas (Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington) and Robin Sigo (Suquamish Tribe Wellness Center)

III. Archaeology / Cultural Heritage
Moderator: George Nicholas
Sonya Atalay (Anthropology, Indiana University)
T. J. Ferguson (Southwest Studies Program, University of Arizona)
Leigh Kuwanwisiwma (Director, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office)
Laura R. Murphy (Archaeologist, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe)

Saturday, June 7: Working Synthesis Discussion
By Invitation Only

Commentary panel
Moderator:
Richa Nagar and Bruce Burgett (UW Bothell)
Rose James (University of Washington and Northwest Indian College)
Melanie Roberts
(AAAS Policy Fellow)
Stephanie Solomon (Emory University)
Paul Wouters
(Virtual Knowledge Studio, Amsterdam)

Overview
Contact Us
Directions
Executive Board
Openings
Facilities
Support the Center
View Calendar
Archives 2/1999-6/2003
Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities
New Books in Print
Campus Projects
HASTAC Consortium
Institute on the Public Humanities for Doctoral Students
Difficult Dialogues: Southeast Asian American Pluralism
Reclaiming Childhood
Full Professor Crossdisciplinary Conversation Award
Associate Professor Research Initiative
Society of Scholars
Summer Dissertation Research Fellowships
Undergraduate Summer Institute
Wednesday University
Teachers as Scholars
Project for Critical Asian Studies (1995-2006)
Silk Road
Derek Attridge Micro-seminar | Autumn 2007
Henry Staten Micro-seminar | Autumn 2007
Philosophical Issues in the Social Sciences | Winter 2008
Moralism, Tolerance, and Neoliberalism | Spring 2008
What Is Critique for Marx | Spring 2008
Science | Justice | Knowledge
Popular Culture & the Arts in Africa
Queer Worlds
The Race/Knowledge Project
(dis)Orienting Asian American Studies
Human Rights Public Culture
Early Modern Research Group
Visual Praxis Collective
Global Justice in the 21st Century
Ethical & Policy Implications of Growth Attenuation
Metropolis & Micropolitics: South Asia’s Sutured Cities
Seeing What Queer Youth Know
Music, Culture, and the Human Experience
Science Studies Network
Cultural Studies Praxis Collective
Indus Script Analysis
Archives 1997-2008
Deadlines and Procedures
Proposal Categories
Graduate Student Opportunities
Outside Opportunities
Short Studies
Newsletters
Hypatia
Other Publications