¿ Dónde Vive la Ciencia en su Comunidad?: How a Community Is Using Photovoice to Reclaim Local Green Spaces

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Espacio: Familias y Comunidad: Straus Center for Young Children & Families, Bank Street College of Education, 610 W 112th Street, New York, NY 10025, USA

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-36

Abstract: The ¿ Dónde Vive la Ciencia en su Comunidad ? (where does science live in your community?) photovoice project is a community-based participatory research project that investigates the presence and influence of science within local environments. In collaboration with researchers, science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) educators, and community members from the Latine community in Corona, Queens, the project investigated where science is found in our communities. Community researchers used photography to document their surroundings and identified key themes related to the role of science through technology, community health, safety, and wellness. The photovoice method elevated social justice issues through critical dialog, creating opportunities for change through collective action. Among the critical issues discussed were urban planning, specifically the impacts of gentrification on the local community and the possibilities that greening offered as a site of agency, multigenerational learning, and resistance through ways of knowing. Community researchers examined the dual nature of STEM as both a tool of control and a means for justice, interrogating whose voices and experiences are prioritized in decision-making processes. Establishing shared green spaces emerged as an act of epistemic disobedience and resistance for sustaining community health and cultural identity. The project highlights how collaborative, community-led initiatives promote the reclamation of political power through collective action and disrupt colonizing forces, offering actionable recommendations for policy, research, and practice to guide justice-oriented change.

Keywords: photovoice; community-based participatory research (CBPR); participatory action research (PAR); green spaces; community-driven urban planning; epistemic disobedience; buen vivir (good living) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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