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Civic ecology is a way of understanding how communities deal with the effects of economic, environmental, and social problems and what these community members think about these problems. Civic ecology can be used to help community members and scientists understand how individuals use and interact with the local biological organisms and cultural diversity. Civic ecology can help us work together as scientists and community members to address some of the problems, such as mosquitoes and pests, in your community in Baltimore.
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Human Relations
Three elements of effective learning conversations: -Identify the gifts and passions of the residents in a neighborhood. -Ask the residents to become involved and share their gifts based on their passions. -Connect, people with the same passions to act collectively. Four principles of effective learning conversations: -Ask questions, do not give answers. -Ask What can you contribute? not What do you need? -Invite next steps, ask people to become involved. -To grow the circle, always ask Who else do you know that I should speak to?
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These questions can be answered by completing the following C.I.V.I.C. tasks: Convening, Investigating, Visioning, Implementing, and Charting Progress
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Community Mapping
Goal: Community Mapping is method to visually link data about the community to the physical locations within the community. The goal of community mapping is to support development and change (economic and social) at a community level. PhotoVoice is a method that uses photography as a means of identifying social and cultural practices and experiences of individuals and communities (Wang & Burris, 1997). PhotoVoice can be used as a participatory research method to document the perceptions of local environmental hazards and pest sources and the potential impact on health among residents in West Baltimore, Maryland.
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Divide the rest of these questions up between your survey participants to ask in addition to your mosquito questions:
-What 2 gifts, talents, or skills do you have that make you a valuable friend? -What 2 skills make you especially good at your paid or volunteer work? -What talent do you have that not many people know about? In addition, answer these questions yourself: -What are your capabilities or skills you are 1. Have mosquitoes affected your everyday life? willing to contribute to this community? If so, how? -What do you care about? 2. Have you thought about how you can -What issues or concerns do you want to contribute to mosquito control? contribute your gifts towards? 3. Have mosquitoes changed your quality of life -What associations and institutions do you at all? Positively or negatively? have a strong relationship with? 4. What 2 gifts, talents, or skills do you have that -Where do you think mosquitoes are found make you a valuable family member or in your community? friend? 5.What associations and institutions do you have -How many different types of mosquitoes a strong relationship with? do you think there are in your 6. What do you care about? neighborhood?
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