Author: Martin Wolske

Community Informatics · Education · Syllabi

Summer 2015 Community Informatics Studio: Digital Literacy for ALL Learners

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[UPDATE 3/16/16: For those looking for the Summer 2016 syllabus, it’s now online at: https://mwolske.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/community-informatics-studio-summer-2016/] A tinkerer, a traditionalist, and a change agent walk into a center one day… This summer we’ll explore digital literacy programming and informal learning spaces starting from the perspective of a community’s values and goals. What if both the tinkerer —… Continue reading Summer 2015 Community Informatics Studio: Digital Literacy for ALL Learners

Race and Privilege · Social Justice

Managing Implicit Bias

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The last year has seen increased attention given in the popular media to implicit or unconscious bias, for instance: A May 2014 Inquiring Minds interview with neuroscientist David Omodio A November 2014 CNN report on racism without racists A 2-part This American Life story that aired February 2015 (part 1 & part 2). Also check out the Harvard Project Implicit website and… Continue reading Managing Implicit Bias

Reflections · Social Justice

From the individual to the social and back again

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In my last post, I explored my recent considerations regarding different understandings of individualism. From a market neoliberal approach, society is built from individuals and nothing but individuals — we are the sum of the characteristics brought to society by individuals and nothing more. From a capability approach, we start with the individual as the… Continue reading From the individual to the social and back again

Community Engagement · Social Justice

Distinguishing Individualism — the Capability Approach and Fostering Community

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I would categorize both my professional and personal vocation as fostering community. As with any such development work, this brings with it value judgements of what should be improved so as to foster community. I’m increasingly finding, however, that our country’s myopic focus on economic growth as measured by the gross domestic product is counter to… Continue reading Distinguishing Individualism — the Capability Approach and Fostering Community