Posted on Sep 11, 2018 in East Village Magazine By Michael Mascarenhas On Sept. 8, the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition hosted the 3rd Environmental Justice Statewide Summit at Flint’s New McCree Theatre. The event brought together close to 200 activists, environmental practitioners, citizens, and scholars to talk about what it means for all living beings […]
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Letter to STEM from Academics
To Whom It May Concern: On May 10, 2018, Flint residents sent a letter to a variety of scientific and engineering organizations requesting that “academics, professionals, and Environmental Justice leaders” conduct an investigation into the actions of Professor Marc Edwards of Virginia Tech relating to his work in Flint. [1] At last […]
5 Questions with Michael Mascarenhas
Published as part of the Framing the Global series by Indiana University Press ~ by Rosemary Pennington February 18, 2014 Poverty and humanitarian aid are at the center of this week’s Q&A with a Framing the Global Fellow, Michael Mascarenhas. His project for Framing the Global is Developing Research, Researching Development: Understanding Knowledge Production about the World’s Water […]
Leaving the Land of a Thousand Hills
From The New York Times “Scientist at Work – Notes from the Field” Published September 15, 2010 By Michael J. Mascarenhas Our two-week baseline assessment in Rwanda came to an end, and it was time for me to leave “the land of a thousand hills” and head back to New York. I have much data […]
The Tale of Two Umudugudus (Villages)
From The New York Times “Scientist at Work – Notes from the Field” Published September 9, 2010 by Michael J. Mascarenhas It is difficult to account for the many effects on a community of having access to a clean and consistent supply of drinking water. Through a comparison of two umudugudus (villages), one with an […]
Interviews on Water Use Are Thirsty Work
From The New York Times “Scientist at Work – Notes from the Field”
We will be surveying three of the 17 sectors (Burega, Cyinzuzi and Ntarabana) in the District of Rulindo, in the Northern Province of Rwanda. The area of each sector is approximately four to eight square miles. The Ntarabana sector is further divided into three cells: Kiyanza, Kajevuba and Mahaza. My team will be conducting baseline assessments in the eight umudugudus (villages) that are located in Kiyanza.
As can be imagined,
Navigating Fieldwork, Rwanda-Style
From The New York Times “Scientist at Work – Notes from the Field” Published August 26, 2010 By Michael Mascarenhas Mwaramutse (good morning) from the muzungu (white person in Rwanda). Social science fieldwork is messy. There is no other way to describe it. Decisions have to be made — or, more appropriately, negotiated — throughout every step […]
Surveying Rwanda’s Water Supply
From The New York Times “Scientist at Work – Notes from the Field” Published August 24, 2010 By Michael Mascarenhas When I tell people I am going to Rwanda, I usually get the “are you kidding me?” look. Most people in the West have come to know Rwanda through its bloody civil war; more than […]
