Hi all,
Some of you know that since leaving the BSA I've embarked on a PhD at
Exeter Uni looking at public engagement with marine conservation. I'm
reading lots about citizenship, psychological theories of behaviour and
values and public perceptions. There are a number of researchers working
on models of behaviour for marine and more general environmental
conservation that bring together factors you would expect like
knowledge, motivation, capacity due to socio-economic circumstances etc.
What I'm emailing about is to discuss the resurgence of the deficit
model in subject specific research being led by natural scientists (as
opposed to social scientists or those who are specialists in science
communication/public engagement). Whilst I accept and agree that
knowledge can be a significant barrier to action, I am seeing a strong
leaning towards deficit model (in all but name) in much of the research
that I am reading. I wondered if anyone might be interested in sharing
their opinions about that. Coming from a decade in public engagement
this feels like a step back and indeed my human geography/philosophy of
science reading is taking me much further in the other direction in
regards to power and whose voices are legitimate in setting the agenda
in the first place.
Any thoughts?
Best wishes,
Pam
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