November 2021

Nov. 9, 2021: The Brazilian savanna according to young residents from Quilombo Mumbuca, Central-Brazil: community-based research through visual narratives

By Rebeca Viana

Rebeca is a biologist, with professional and academic experience in projects related to community engagement and knowledge co-production. Interested in contributing to the fields of education, sustainability, community-based research and human rights. Currently, she has been contributing to the "Cajui - knowledge co-coproduction, sustainability and education for biodiversity" research group" (São Paulo University) as a pos-doctoral researcher.

Nov. 16, 2021:Grassroots innovations among waste pickers in Greater Buenos Aires (Argentina)

by Sebastian Carenzo

Sebastián Carenzo holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and he is an Independent Researcher of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET). Also he is a professor at the Department of Social Sciences (National University of Quilmes - UNQ), as well as postgraduate courses at the Master in Social Economy (National University of General Sarmiento - UNGS), the Diploma of Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Planning (National University of San Martin - UNSAM) and the Diploma of Strategic Design of Technologies for Inclusive and Sustainable Development (UNQ). Since 2019 he chairs the Open Laboratory of Innovation and Circular Economy (UNQ)

By combining socio-technical approach with ethnographic fieldwork, his current research line focuses on practices of design and construction of technologies developed by waste pickers to transform discarded materials into new final goods or productive inputs. In this way, he analyses what could be called a "Circular Economy from below", this is, a set of technological design and experimentation practices oriented to feed recycling loops and cascades, but which are being developed independently of the normal S&T. Accordingly, he is interested in problematizing the material, epistemic, political and cognitive dimensions involved in these complex processes, framing his contributions in a engaged and collaborative research perspective with the waste pickers and its grassroots organizations.

Nov. 23, 2021: Arctic Youth Engagement and Arts-based Practices

With Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell was the Public Affairs Officer for Nunavut Arctic College and the Nunavut Research Institute from 2008-2017. He has previously worked in communications capacities for departments including the Government of Nunavut, Department of National Defence, Algonquin College, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade among others. He has worked in journalism and interactive multimedia for more than two decades. His expertise is with web-based communications, new social media and information management initiatives. An advocate for community-based research, Jamie's work focuses on fostering stronger relationships with Inuit, First Nations and Metis participation through outreach and engagement in community-based research, including the SSHRC-funded Nanisiniq Arviat History Project and as a co-applicant for the SSHRC-funded Nanivara Project. Jamie is a founding member of the Arviat Film Society and Arviat Television, established in 2013 with support from Isuma TV's Digital Indigenous Democracy Project.

Nov. 30, 2021:Digital & Cultural Entrepreneurship and Conversation

with Olaf Kuhlke

The agenda for this meeting will be to discuss ongoing and future CBRL research between the CBRL, the K4C project (Budd Hall and Suriani Dzulkifli) and the work Dr. Olaf Kuhlke (Associate Professor Univ. of Minnesota Duluth) is developing. We are excited to hear from Olaf about the cultural entrepreneurship training hubs he's been working on for the past years, in the Arctic, and around the world, using a community-based participatory approach.

  • A brief round of introductions (attendees)

  • Olaf Kuhlke : Digital entrepreneurship, workshops, hubs

  • Budd Hall: Intro to the UNESCO chair work- Open Science initiative, Decolonizing knowledge, etc

  • Suriani Dzulkifli: Overview of the Knowledge for Change hubs & training

  • Jutta Gutberlet: Share recent or upcoming CBR projects on waste and circular economy - maybe give an overview of the type of research we do in the lab

  • Discussion

Olaf Kuhlke is a cultural geographer, educator and entrepreneur with a passion for promoting the creative and cultural economy as an economic development tool. As Founding Director of the B.A. Program in Cultural Entrepreneurship at UMD, he has been instrumental in leading the curriculum design for this new degree. In addition, he is currently engaged in establishing international research, teaching and student exchange connections for this program. He teaches introductory courses on Creative Industries that focus on lean start-up methodology, development of business model canvases for creative industries, and creative problem-solving techniques, along with storytelling and value discovery in the cultural industries. He conducts research on the role and potential of cultural and creative products and services in promoting economic development, specifically in rural and remote regions of North America.