Reimagining the Education Research Commons: Toward Epistemic Justice

Session Type: Invited Roundtable

Abstract

Cultivating equitable education systems for the 21st-century requires critical attention to the education research commons: the knowledge resources we share, the sociotechnical infrastructures we rely on, the practices through which we work, and the principles underlying them. Our goal in this interactive session is to catalyze dialogue on the design of the education research commons, inspired by presenters’ concrete visions of possible futures, and framed by synergies and tensions in literatures on open science, epistemic (in)justice, pluriversality, infrastructure studies, and knowledge commons. Participants will interact in small groups, organized by six visions for aspects of the research commons, to share their perspectives on the design of the education research commons. A report documenting contributions of presenters and participants will offer a resource for continuing design dialogue.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chairs

• Pamela A. Moss, University of Michigan

• James W. Hammond, Michigan Technological University

Presenter

• Shirin Vossoughi, Northwestern University

Papers

• Commons Vision 1 - June Ahn, University of California - Irvine

• Commons Vision 2 - Megan Bang, Northwestern University

• Commons Vision 3 - Angela N. Booker, University of California - San Diego; Shirin Vossoughi, Northwestern University

• Commons Vision 4 - Ezekiel J. Dixon-Roman, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Commons Vision 5 - Drew H. Gitomer, Rutgers University; Kevin Crouse, Rutgers University

• Commons Vision 6 - William R. Penuel, University of Colorado - Boulder; Robbin Reidy, University of Colorado - Boulder