Defining the Flow—Using an Intersectional Scientific Methodology to Construct a VanguardSTEM Hyperspace
#VanguardSTEM is an online community and platform that centers women, girls, and non-binary people of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. We publish original and curated content, using cultural production to include a multiplicity of identities as worthy of reco...
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doaj-12f692160a8744468d2eb5fd72e4a9902021-01-22T00:01:36ZengMDPI AGGenealogy2313-57782021-01-0158810.3390/genealogy5010008Defining the Flow—Using an Intersectional Scientific Methodology to Construct a VanguardSTEM HyperspaceJedidah C. Isler0Natasha V. Berryman1Anicca Harriot2Chrystelle L. Vilfranc3Léolène J. Carrington4Danielle N. Lee5The STEM en Route to Change (SeRCH) Foundation, Inc., Hanover, NH 03755, USAThe STEM en Route to Change (SeRCH) Foundation, Inc., Hanover, NH 03755, USAThe STEM en Route to Change (SeRCH) Foundation, Inc., Hanover, NH 03755, USAThe STEM en Route to Change (SeRCH) Foundation, Inc., Hanover, NH 03755, USAThe STEM en Route to Change (SeRCH) Foundation, Inc., Hanover, NH 03755, USAThe STEM en Route to Change (SeRCH) Foundation, Inc., Hanover, NH 03755, USA#VanguardSTEM is an online community and platform that centers women, girls, and non-binary people of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. We publish original and curated content, using cultural production to include a multiplicity of identities as worthy of recognition and thus redefine STEM identity and belonging. #VanguardSTEM is rooted firmly in Queer, Black feminisms which delineate the experiences and critiques of Black women matter and that these insights can foster a restorative and regenerative construction of the cultures in which we exist. In describing how #VanguardSTEM descended from counterspaces, we draw on speculative fiction to define a #VanguardSTEM hyperspace as a fluid “place-time” that is born digital and enabled by social media, but materializes in the physical world for specific purposes. As Black women in STEM, we consider how our situated knowledges and scientific expertise inform our process. We propose an intersectional scientific methodology to address the influence of embodied observation, embedded context and collective impact on scientific inquiry. Through #VanguardSTEM, we assert, without apology, the right of Black, Indigenous, women of color to self-advocate by fully representing ourselves, our STEM identities and interests, without assimilation.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/5/1/8culture-centered interventionscommunity organizingdecolonizing methodologieseducationmental healthhealing |
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Jedidah C. Isler Natasha V. Berryman Anicca Harriot Chrystelle L. Vilfranc Léolène J. Carrington Danielle N. Lee |
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Jedidah C. Isler Natasha V. Berryman Anicca Harriot Chrystelle L. Vilfranc Léolène J. Carrington Danielle N. Lee Defining the Flow—Using an Intersectional Scientific Methodology to Construct a VanguardSTEM Hyperspace Genealogy culture-centered interventions community organizing decolonizing methodologies education mental health healing |
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Jedidah C. Isler Natasha V. Berryman Anicca Harriot Chrystelle L. Vilfranc Léolène J. Carrington Danielle N. Lee |
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Defining the Flow—Using an Intersectional Scientific Methodology to Construct a VanguardSTEM Hyperspace |
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Defining the Flow—Using an Intersectional Scientific Methodology to Construct a VanguardSTEM Hyperspace |
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Defining the Flow—Using an Intersectional Scientific Methodology to Construct a VanguardSTEM Hyperspace |
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Defining the Flow—Using an Intersectional Scientific Methodology to Construct a VanguardSTEM Hyperspace |
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Defining the Flow—Using an Intersectional Scientific Methodology to Construct a VanguardSTEM Hyperspace |
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defining the flow—using an intersectional scientific methodology to construct a vanguardstem hyperspace |
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#VanguardSTEM is an online community and platform that centers women, girls, and non-binary people of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. We publish original and curated content, using cultural production to include a multiplicity of identities as worthy of recognition and thus redefine STEM identity and belonging. #VanguardSTEM is rooted firmly in Queer, Black feminisms which delineate the experiences and critiques of Black women matter and that these insights can foster a restorative and regenerative construction of the cultures in which we exist. In describing how #VanguardSTEM descended from counterspaces, we draw on speculative fiction to define a #VanguardSTEM hyperspace as a fluid “place-time” that is born digital and enabled by social media, but materializes in the physical world for specific purposes. As Black women in STEM, we consider how our situated knowledges and scientific expertise inform our process. We propose an intersectional scientific methodology to address the influence of embodied observation, embedded context and collective impact on scientific inquiry. Through #VanguardSTEM, we assert, without apology, the right of Black, Indigenous, women of color to self-advocate by fully representing ourselves, our STEM identities and interests, without assimilation. |
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culture-centered interventions community organizing decolonizing methodologies education mental health healing |
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