LevelUP - Phase II: Crafting a 'playbook' for community-based research project
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Community engagement Social sciencesSkills
researchThis is Phase II of this research project. Past interns can reapply to continue their work on the original phase of the project (see below).
To craft the draft template for a playbook as the 'final step' of a community based research project. During the Fall 2021 term, students from MacEwan's ethnographic methods class conducted and analyzed interviews with a key stakeholder working at the City of Edmonton. Our goal is to craft a template of the playbook that could be published - as part of the knowledge translation activities of this research project.
Please note: You must be a Canadian citizen. Please use your MacEwan email to register
The student will need to complete the following activities to successfully complete the project:
- To review findings (interviews and codes) from the ethnographic methods course;
- To work independently and with peers to develop the playbook;
- Collaborate with the community partner who will provide on the draft.
The student will receive the following supports in their work:
- Training and access to interview data collection and analysis;
- Complete training and receive mentorship on ethical community-based research;
- Mentoring from Mentor Marketing on project and design work.
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Our interdisciplinary department is home to 24 full-time faculty members from three social science disciplines: Anthropology, Economics and Political Science. Taking direction from the strengths and areas of scholarship of our faculty members, emerging trends in the social sciences and global social and cultural needs, we offer students diverse opportunities both inside and outside the classroom. Enriching opportunities include an annual interdisciplinary undergraduate conference on emerging global issues and trends, our award-winning Model United Nations Club, a field placement and competition participation in economics and archeological field training and an anthropological field seminar in alternating years. In addition, our anthropology lab is a valued teaching and research facility that houses the university's human evolution and skeletal cast collection, as well as faunal specimens and artifacts such as pottery and stone tools.
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