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Transcript: 191121_001 Being Researched in Kibera

Transcript from Focus Group Discussion November 21, 2019 10:35 AM – 11:50 AM Location: Social Hall in Kibera Participants: 7 women who reside in Kibera and have regularly participated in one Nairobi-based organization’s research projects; 3 discussion facilitators (women) Discussion conducted...Read more

Being Researched in Kibera

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Transcript: 191029_001 Being Researched in Kibera

Transcript from Focus Group Discussion October 29, 2019 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location: Social Hall in Kibera Participants: 3 men and 2 women who reside in Kibera and have regularly participated (as both subjects and also enumerators) in various research projects; 1 discussion facilitator Discussion...Read more

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

JUSTIFICATION: What reasons are given to describe why data for development is necessary?
Querying Data for Development
Egerton University Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development

AO: This is the published data policy for Egerton University's Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development.Read more

Researching in/from Nairobi

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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

NANO: What cultural frames and dispositions enable or deflect qualitative data work and capacity in this setting?
Proceedings of Archiving Kenya's Past and Futures
Analytics Across Scales and Systems: Civic Data Capacity

Rayzberg, Margarita S. 2019. “Fairness in the Field: The Ethics of Resource Allocation in Randomized Controlled Field Experiments.” Science, Technology, & Human Values 44 (3): 371–98.

Transcript: Panel 1 at Archiving Kenya's Past and Futures

Transcript of Panel 1 Discussion at "Archiving Kenya’s Past and Futures: Stewardship and Care of Research Data" November 12, 2019 Venue: McMillan Library Moderator: Leonida Mutuku Speakers: Leah Komen Joyce Wangari John Osogo Ambani Njuki Githethwa Initial transcript done by https://otter.ai and...Read more
Bradbury-Jones, Caroline, and Sanne Weber. 2019. “Experiences with Participatory Research and Perspectives on Ethical Research Partnerships on Gender Based Violence in Kenya.” Institute for Global Innovation, University of Birmingham.

AO: This report was shared with me by Aurelia Munene of Eider Africa as it touches on questions of what ethical research is and includes many direct quotes about experiences with research. It seems particularly fitting for this essay on "Being Researched in Kibera"...Read more

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