Caring for: responsibility

The first three videos featured below feature the RECOMS fellows discussing the topic of responsibility in connection with their doctoral research. These are followed by contributions from two more senior academics: Lucy Aphramor and Chiara Tornaghi. Listen to what they each have to say, and then consider the questions at the bottom of the page. Please feel free to share your thoughts in the chat box or make a note in your Learning Journal.

Dr Nohemi Ramirez Aranda is an architect and one of the RECOMS fellows. Her research focuses on developing a Public Participatory GIS (PPGIS) tool that can map the social values that green open spaces provide to people.

QUESTIONS:

• How do you 'keep a foot within the processes of the real world'?
• Do you see your role as a scholar, as a privilege?
• How do you use your privilege responsibly?
• Do you ever struggle with self-doubt around the value of your contribution? How do you deal with that?
• Can you track where your passions have emerged from?
• Do you have a plan to 'pass' your knowledge?