Angela Okune

Learning from Nairobi

Something Kim said - about Nairobi being an important site to learn from given that many in the US may be forced to go into the more informal economy, etc. - reminded me of a twist of that point...Read more
Informed Consent_191121_001 FGD

AO: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by participants of group discussion # 191121_001 and signed after the interview. I exerted my researcher's perogative in deciding to anonymize all participants despite some participants written...Read more

Informed Consent_DRKWAS01

AO: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by Participant DRKWAS01 prior to interview # 190514_001 and signed after the interview.Read more

"Open data for good governance": ossified funding regime but continued unmet need for mobilized citizenry

I mentioned, that despite a continued need articulated by Wambui, Hawi and Wangari earlier in the conversation for greater citizen engagement around data, it's ironic because ...Read more

Okune. 2015. Notes on being researched while working at iHub.

I stumbled across this document, which I had created in 2015, on my computer today [Oct 2020] and decided it was a nice artifact to upload to RDS as "fieldnotes" of a few out of many more experiences as a research subject. These were just two of many innumerable times I participated in somebody'...Read more

AO. Data Sharing Can Lead to Increased Robustness/Validity

AO: After emailing this data to a non-Kenyan anthropologist I met in Nairobi, I received the following response:

“I went through the transcript and I really find it fascinating

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AO. Tranparency

AO: Page 18 states that opening up government data is important to "create transparent public procurement process, public oversight of expenditure and ensure value-for-money towards citizen...Read more

Informed Consent_Leonida Mutuku

AO: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by the participant prior to interview # 191206_002 and signed after the interview. The participant opted to be named and I did not foresee any risk to the participant or others by being named and...Read more

AO. Mismatch in stated desires + paperwork

AO. Despite stating their desire to be anonymous, participant #KPKMU09 wrote out their whole name in a legible format on the consent form. (I had given verbal directions to those who wished to be...Read more

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