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Inclusive institutions? Socio-economically disadvantaged, Minority ethnic groups and their science museum experiences emily.dawson@kcl.ac.uk. New Labour buzzword # 1 : Public engagement with science (PES). New Labour buzzword # 2: Social inclusion.
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Inclusive institutions? Socio-economically disadvantaged, Minority ethnic groups and their science museum experiences emily.dawson@kcl.ac.uk
New Labour buzzword # 1: Public engagement with science (PES) New Labour buzzword # 2: Social inclusion
“Adding an “s” to the theorization of the public in no way suffices as a response to this challenge.” p.36. Dean. J. 2002. Publicity’s Secret. New York: Cornell University Press.
Multiple qualitative case studies • South East London • Grass roots minority ethnic community groups • Snowball sample • Ethnographic approach: • Focus groups • Interviews • Accompanied visits • Field notes
Fatima: I couldn’t think of anything worse than going there to be honest
Grounded descriptive thematic analysis AND Theoretical framework analysis AND Participatory analysis Social exclusion from*public* engagement with science: A complex system Structure of the field & social position • Poverty • Exploitative working conditions • Language skills • Cultural background and relevance • Exclusive elements of practice • Insufficient support for personal meaning making (not enough anyway!) • Confusing & inaccessible ‘by design’ • “signals”: Staffing, food, translation, other visitors, costs • Habitus: Negotiation of exclusion • Not for me so I don’t want it Analysis
Non-participation as complex system Relationships between social position and the structure of the field of PES Experiences of PES in practice i.e. science centres! Habitus, attitudes, opinions, how people ‘see’ PES
Structural exclusion: Emily: So you’re working... Luis Diego: All the time, the weekends I stay with my family, because in the normally in the week I sometimes see my wife only 1 hour 2 hours, and I have to take care of my baby when she’s going to work, I stay home, it’s very, very difficult you know
Signs of exclusion: exhibit design Idyl: there was different games, one of them actually, I didn’t know what I was doing, I was just touching something, I was winning really without knowing the reason why I won that game…… There wasn’t one sign that was showing, like, if you don’t understand, or a subtitle, or anything like that, [...], maybe an international language, like French or Arabic, would be the ones I was expecting to be there.
Exclusion via costs & guilt: Emily: do you feel like you’ll do that again? Maria: I feel guilty that I’m not doing it all the time [...] we’d have to make a real effort to get the outings going, [...] but you do want to have the cash in your pocket. It’s bad enough the little ones saying ‘I need this’ and as well as that everyone on the street listening, you know, you need to have enough cash in your pocket
Habitus Fatimata: black people normally think, for me, if you asked me if I would like to be part of whatever discussion, based on science to talk to government, for them to listen, we’ll always say, well, they’re not going to listen to us obviously, because we’re minority people, but that’s our perception sometimes.
