Angela Okune

AOk. Glass ceiling.

B mentions that another (Black) diaspora Kenyan was also interviewing at the same research org that she currently works at. The other person dropped out because she said she could see the...Read more

TRANSCRIPT: 190514_001 RESEARCHING IN/FROM NAIROBI

Transcript from one-on-one interview

Tuesday, May 14 , 2019

10:23 AM – 11:28 AM

Location: Research office of interlocutor (Nairobi, Kenya)

Participant: Kenyan woman who resides in...Read more

Sharing Data on RDS: Tactics

Sharing Data on RDS: Tactics

Below are probing questions sets organized by stakeholder group to figure out where / why you may want to use this RDS platform. Reach out to aokune[at]uci[dot]edu once you have a better sense of what and why you might want to use RDS for...Read more

Notes from African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) conference at USIU (Day 2 Plenary)

October 25, 2019

African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) conference at USIU

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Day 2 Opening Plenary

Walter Mboya (Mkuki na Nyota)

PECE Possibilities: Tactics

This write-up by Grant Otsuki (2018) discusses how some of how PECE's functionalities mirror what other research softwares do, like reference managers and note taking softwares. These functionalities are important when...Read more

TRANSCRIPT: 190524_002 RESEARCHING IN/FROM NAIROBI

Transcript from one-on-one interview

Friday , May 24 , 2019

Hung out from 10:10 AM – 2:00 PM. Interviewed happened at the beginning of this time (from 10:57 AM - 12:15 PM).

Location: lunch venue in Westlands (Nairobi, Kenya)

Participant...Read more

Informed Consent_BCMMDS13

AO: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by Participant BCMMDS13 prior to interview # 191204_001 and signed after the interview.Read more

TRANSCRIPT: 190522_001 RESEARCHING IN/FROM NAIROBI

Transcript from one-on-one interview

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

10:16 AM – 11:44 AM

Location: Research office of interlocutor (Nairobi, Kenya)

Participant: Non-Kenyan woman with kinship ties to the...Read more

AO. Questioning the value of research for Kenyan society

AO: Lots of debate on this issue - sentiments that “Kenyan society doesn’t value research” which was pushed back against: “Academics don’t write things that society wants to read!”...Read more

Org Data Interview Guide_May 2019

AO: This guide was developed loosely borrowing from:

Carlson, Jake. 2010. “The Data Curation Profiles Toolkit Interview Worksheet.” Purdue University Libraries / Distributed Data Curation Center.
...Read more
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