Surviving in Place (VIDEO)
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“Science can’t be happening behind closed laboratory doors. We need to be bringing people to the table, understanding how our past experience as people on this planet can help us address problems that we face today.” Environmental archeologist Kristina Douglass, assistant professor of anthropology and African Studies at Penn State, directs the Morombe Archeological Project in southwest Madagascar. Using an interdisciplinary, community-based approach, Douglass seeks to understand how humans have managed to survive for 2,000 years in this constantly changing landscape. Watch this video to learn how Douglass involves community members as equal partners in her work, why she places such a high value on “place-based knowledge,” and what she hopes to achieve by making science more inclusive.
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Penn State
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