Watch this recorded webinar for a demonstration of the recently released CONVERGE Positionality in Hazards and Disaster Research and Practice Training Module. This free online resource describes the concept of positionality and highlights how understanding your own positionality–or how your different identities shape your perceptions, interactions, and experiences–can lead to more ethical and methodologically sound disaster work.
This interactive webinar provided an overview of what positionality means and why it is important for improving hazards and disaster research and practice. The presenters showcased how you can integrate the training module into your classroom or other work setting. In addition, participants saw how the module functions and viewed the resources associated with it.
The new module, like the others in the series, concludes with a 10-question quiz. Upon successful completion of the quiz, users receive a certificate, which is worth one contact hour of general management training through the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) certification program.
The CONVERGE Positionality of Hazards and Disaster Research and Practice Training Module—developed with support from the National Science Foundation—is now available via the CONVERGE website. We encourage you to access it as well as the CONVERGE Assignment Bank and Annotated Bibliographies.
Finally, we ask that you sign up for future events and free resources at the CONVERGE website.
