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__Review of Relevant Literature– Now thru Spring 2014 and beyond __

Review of Literature on ‘Making’ and “DIY” Literature on Citizen Science and Civic Science Literature on how the public and science have interacted historically and how this interaction occurs today. Literature on Hackers Literature on Participatory Design & Critical Making

__Development of Methodological In-Roads for Research __– Spring 2013 into Spring 2014 Through Experiments in Methods, Discourse Analysis and other courses in the future Although I plan to do some interviewing, I will probably focus on an approach that gathers gray material and examines how public engagement with the sciences has occurred historically, its current state, and possibilities for the future, particularly through Critical-making/Participatory Design practices in ‘Maker’ communities and skill-sharing spaces.

__Grounding of Theoretical Framework through Study of Relevant Scholars and Literatures __– Summer 2013, Fall & Spring 2014 While I will be continuing to read this summer, I feel a lot of this will happen next semester and year through various social theory courses and possibly independent studies for grounding myself in appropriate literatures and theoretical frameworks.

 __Collection of gray material – Now thru Spring of 2015 and beyond__ I will do a survey of programming at science museums as well as how displays have transformed and what information they currently display, and how technology might have possibly changed this. I will also collect data from <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">On-line communities, follow their forums and message boards and take note of the programming and workshops they show and the face they put forth for the greater community. I may also visit <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">archives to look at the historical relationship between science museums and the public.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Survey of Possible Sites – Summer 2013 __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Before I fully commit to observing at particular sites for data collection, I want to gather information on various places through website literature and hopefully through travel during the coming summer of 2013. I think it will be very important to compare the public face of the Makerspaces, Science Museums and community centers with the physical space and concrete work that they are doing and an upfront survey of what they bring to the community and their visibility within their immediate surroundings.

__<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Critical-Making Practices – Summer 2013 __ <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">This summer I am hoping

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">I__nterviews – Spring/Summer/Fall 2013__ <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> __<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Workshops - 2014 - 2016 __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">As I am still feeling out my overall methodological I may not do participant observation, but instead help to set-up and run workshops that create a space for the community centers, makerspaces and citizen science groups to do reflexive work and think critically about their actions, innovations, and dealings with technology and science. These workshops will be informed by some initial observations, Interviews, and surveys. They are something that I hope to be interactive and on some level take away from Freire’s critical pedagogy in that I will be learning and not just leading the workshops along – the other people in the workshops will lead the experience as well. These workshops will hopefully be grounded in critical technical practices, but I initially need to

__ <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Data Analysis – Fall 2013 and onward __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">-Discourse analysis of gray material, particularly for online communities and other symbolic imagery and artifacts. --Analyze surveys and interviews conducted within Makerspaces, in community centers and at science museums. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">-If I am allowed to set-up workshops that incorporate participatory design and critical-making within a community, I will analyze the results from these workshops and gather opinions and ideas from the participants.

__<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Writing and Documenting – Constant, Starting seriously 2015 __ <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">I will be working to contribute text and pieces