Fieldwork Inclusivity in Geosciences

After the success of the workshop held in November 2023 at the SGM in Mendrisio, GEODES organised a follow-up workshop in October 2024 to dive deeper into better fieldwork experience in Geosciences.

More resources (surveys and papers) are available in the PDF here ⟾
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CHIARELLA, D. & VURRO, G. 2020. Fieldwork and disability: an overview for an inclusive experience. Geological Magazine, 157, 1933-1938. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756820000928

COON, J. J., ALEXANDER, N. B., SMITH, E. M., SPELLMAN, M., KLIMASMITH, I. M., ALLEN-CUSTODIO, L. T., CLARKBERG, T. E., LYNCH, L., KNUTSON, D., FOUNTAIN, K., RIVERA, M., SCHERZ, M. & MORROW, L. K. 2023. Best practices for LGBTQ+ inclusion during ecological fieldwork: Considering safety, cis/heteronormativity and structural barriers. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60, 393-399. https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/kav6m

DEMERY, A.-J. C. & PIPKIN, M. A. 2021. Safe fieldwork strategies for at-risk individuals, their supervisors and institutions. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5, 5-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01328-5

DANCE, M., DUNCAN, R. J., GEVERS, M., HONAN, E. M., RUNGE, E., SCHALAMON, F. R., & WALCH, D. M. R. (2024). Coming in from the cold: Addressing the challenges experienced by women conducting remote polar fieldwork. PLOS Climate, 3(6), e0000393. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000393

GREENE, S.; Ashley, K.; DUNNE, E; EDGAR, K; GILES, S; HANSON, E. 2020. Toilet stops in the field: An educational primer and recommended best practices for field-based teaching. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/gnhj2

GREENE, S. et al. 2021. Safety and Belonging in the Field: A Checklist for Educators. EarthArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31223/X53P6H

JENKINS, K. 2020. Academic motherhood and fieldwork: Juggling time, emotions, and competing demands. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 45, 693-704. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12376

KINGSBURY, C.G., SIBERT, E.C., KILLINGBACK, Z., ATCHISON, C.L., 2020. “Nothing about us without us:” The perspectives of autistic geoscientists on inclusive instructional practices in geoscience education. Journal of Geoscience Education, 68:302–310. https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2020.1768017

LAWRENCE, A. and DOWEY, N., 2022. Six simple steps towards making GEES fieldwork more accessible and inclusive. Area, 54: 52–59. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12747

NASH, M. (2023) Breaking the silence around blood: managing menstruation during remote Antarctic fieldwork, Gender, Place & Culture, 30:8. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2022.2066635

NORDSETH, A. E., GERSON, J. R., AGUILAR, L. K., DUNHAM, A. E., GENTLES, A., NEALE, Z. & REBOL, E. 2023. The Fieldwork Wellness Framework: a new approach to field research in ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21, 297-303. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2649

ROSS, 2015. “No Sir, She Was Not a Fool in the Field”: Gendered Risks and Sexual Violence in Immersed Cross-CulturalFieldwork, The Professional Geographer, 67:180–186 https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2014.907705