NATIVE LAND MAP
Interactive land map to find out what native lands we are on.
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907-312-5085
Text the name of a city, state to 907-312-5085. You will receive a text in return that tells you the Indigenous people of the land you are referring to.
Nation of Makers - 3D Printed Elephant in the Room
Remaking the Library Makerspace
Forthcoming book (Nov 2020) from Prof Maggie Melo and Jennifer Nichols with chapters from educators who are rethinking and redeveloping makerspaces that challenge the particular brand of maker culture that has shaped our current making environment. (Chapter shared with D&I committee with permission from Prof Melo.)
How Do Makerspaces Communicate Who Belongs?
Article from Prof. Melo - "Examining Gender Inclusion through the Analysis of User Journey Maps in a Makerspace"- looks at gendered technology and spaces in makerspaces and how this affects users and their use of the spaces
Equity in the Making: Investigating Spatial Arrangements of Makerspaces and Their Impact on Diverse User Populations
NSF Grant details for Professor Marijel (Maggie) Melo of UNC Chapel Hill. D&I Committee is making a connection to see if there are opportunities for SSMC to learn from this research.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - a Glossary of Terms
Glossary from University of Washington School of Public Health.
How to Give a good Apology
"Within the world of transformative justice, accountability is the ecosystem in which apologizing lives." This article goes through the steps of apologizing, discusses the generative and not punitive nature of accountability, and the vocabulary of transformative justice.
Fakequity Blog
Grounding assumptions and expectations were adapted from the Fakequity blog and resources.
Seeing White Podcast
Podcast about the history of "whiteness" and racial equity.
Black Makers Matter
Social media movement that is focusing on black makers, mostly in the sewing and textile crafts, trying to change the focus on white makers in the sewing industry.
Anti-racism Resources
List of resources to educate about and fight racism. Has definitions of vocabulary.
Implicit Bias Training
Project Implicit's bias training. Needs login.
Online Racial Equity Workshops
Eventbrite's list of online events focusing on racial justice. Seems to be updated consistently.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT VIDEO
Video about the importance of land acknowledgements
Nation of Makers - Resource List
Excellent foundational list by Nation of Makers covering many areas of diversity and inclusion in making spaces.
Intentionally Cultivating Diverse Community for Radically Open Access Makerspaces
Article from the Katie Musick Peery and Morgan Chivers about building diversity in makerspace communities.
Design Sites: Hackerspaces, Fablabs, Hackathons, and DiscoTechs
From Sasha Costanza-Chock's book "Design Justice" on how design can be used to empower marginalized communities. This chapter focuses on the development of makerspaces as an exclusive community, rather than inclusive, and trying to subvert that culture with design justice.
Knotty Cartographies: Augmenting everyday looking practices at craft and races
Article from Prof. Melo - looking at race embedded in the processes in domestic crafts, (PDF shared with D&I committee with permission from Prof Melo.)
Data Feminism
"A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism." The link goes to a draft of the book that the authors have chosen to keep online for continued dialogue. Link to the final book for order.
Racial Equity Tools
Resource website that offers tools, research, curricula, and ideas "for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working towards justice at every level." Includes an excellent glossary of vocab.
Showing Up for Racial Justice
SURJ is a great resource for understanding the vocabulary of racism and social justice. The organization has chapters in many cities around the US.
Fear Threshold
Definition and discussion of threshold fear.
Grounding Assumptions
Grounding assumptions were adapted from Jamie Washington's work on engaging communities.
Grounding Assumptions
Grounding assumptions were adapted from Dr. Kathy Obear's work on inclusivity and change.
Autumn Brown Blog
Grounding assumptions and expectations were adapted from Autumn Brown's blog.
PFW Guide
Patia's Fantasy World is an extensive list of resources for social and racial justice.
Why I Am Not a Maker
Article about the definition of a maker and stigmas around those of us who teach in the making realm.
