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The Risk and Resilience of Risk and Resilience – Part II

This is the second in a multipart, developing series titledĀ The Risk and Resilience of Risk and Resilience. This series is examining the ways that Risk and Resilience has become embedded and assumed in the research and practice of Social Work. I trace the historical development of Risk and Resilience to develop an appreciation of what […]

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Open Source Scholarship: GitHub for Academics – Next Steps

Musician and digital pedagogue Kris Shaffer has written multiple articles on using GitHub for scholars and academics. Check out his post Push, Pull, Fork: GitHub for Academics, or his presentation and video, or his article on using GitHub pages for open publishing. If you are interested in using GitHub as a tool, I suggest the […]

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#OpenData is (or should be) for Justice

These are my reflections on CityCamp Minnesota 2013, which occurred at St. Thomas in Minneapolis on November 9th. What was it, and what worked well? CityCamp MN 2013, hosted by Open Twin CitiesĀ and E-Democracy.org, was an event for civic hackers, open data nerds and advocates, and social justice-minded individuals in the region. Saturday was an […]