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Being Researched in Kibera

AO. High interest in qual data across diverse groups in Nairobi.

AO: The last panel seemed to be most worried about privacy and the capitalist profit made off of individual’s data; the system forces you to consent and there are not options for...Read more

DEUTERO: Who in this setting or domain is thinking and worrying about the kinds of qualitative data infrastructure, work and capacity called for currently and in the future?

Proceedings of Archiving Kenya's Past and Futures

Analytics Across Scales and Systems: Qualitative Data Capacity

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

AO. Nairobi governor responds to COVID-19

AO: Mike Sonko responded to the COVID-19 crisis in Kenya by distributing care packages to hospitals and the controversial aspect was that he included alcohol in the packages.Read more

How have different actors responded to COVID-19 and what kinds of counter responses have emerged to that?

Feleke, Bethlehem. 2020. “Kenya Governor under Fire after Putting Hennessy Bottles in Coronavirus Care Packages.” CNN, April 17, 2020.

Analytics for Research Data KE COVID-19 Project

AO. decolonization.

AO: decolonization emerged several times - “decolonize our writing” (to make them accessible to broader publics); questioning the benefits of research and how to make research more...Read more

META: What discourses shape the way people in this setting talk about and conceptualize qualitative data infrastructure and capacity, right-to-know, freedom of information, the potential of expanded public participation, and so on?

Proceedings of Archiving Kenya's Past and Futures

Analytics Across Scales and Systems: Qualitative Data Capacity

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

Researching in/from Nairobi

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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

Moore, D. 2020. “No work, no food”: For Kibera dwellers, quarantine not an option. Al Jazeera. Retrieved May 8, 2020.

TM: The global COVID 19 pandemic has sliced the lives of people like a hot knife to butter. During times like these it is the most vulnerable in the society that often times bear the brunt. This has been the reality for the residents of Kibera who despite knowing the threat that COVID 19...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 Nairobi and has been working at this research organization since mid-2012. Discussion conducted entirely in English...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 country who resides in Nairobi and has been working at this research organization since early 2017...Read more

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