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The volume focuses on the creative and dynamic ways that people in African contexts are using their leisure time, having fun, being creative, and engaging in forms of expressive culture.
This volume of "Africa Every Day" highlights the positive experiences of people living in African countries and what they enjoy doing in their free time. This sheds a positive light on their culture and the way they live their lives without the negative implications about war or major crimes which is a helpful counterpoint.
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This line of inquiry has grown out of my advising of Honors College undergraduates writing their theses while volunteering with the local public health organization
Incorporating a way for students to be able to complete their theses while also volunteering with the local public health organization could be a bit overwhelming but if executed correctly, serve as a great opportunity for students. Hands-on work and volunteering have been a staple in my undergraduate education, and they have provided many helpful insights.
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Through surveys and in-depth interviewing, we will also gather perspectives from development economists and African research participants regarding their experiences with RCTs and their expectations about if, when, and how results should be returned
This as great method for creating an ethical study that maintains integrity and transparency with the study participants. Efforts to maintain these things while conducting a study is essential for the success of the study and the safety of the study participants.
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It is funded with a 5-year NSF CAREER award through the Science and Technology Studies (STS) program area, and work began in 2019. The project draws on archival research at the Zanzibar National Archives and the WHO archives, ethnographic research in Zanzibar, and nearly 100 interviews conducted with Zanzibaris
This reminded me of the 4 Ps that we covered in class as it is explaining the background of the study. The text describes the people, place, and principles in this study and why they are significant.
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The project will be based in East Africa, and will focus specifically on the ethics and practice of returning research results to African participants
This immediately reminded me of the unethical studies carried out by the U.S. in other countries in the past. It is refreshing to see the correct precautions be taken to ensure ethics are involved with the study.
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