I'm gonna do a small thread on: Why did I coin #bropenscience?
The shortest answer to the question is: because it’s amusing and seems to upset exactly the right people, while also drawing attention to behaviours and ideas that harm #openscience and its adoption in deep ways.
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The fact my making a pun and criticism about certain vocal people’s behaviours by calling them
#bropenscience often results in replies of “why do you hate#openscience?” is telling.Show this thread -
#Bropenscience NEEDS to be called out for#openscience to fulfil its goal. It will fail as a movement and community without people/us making equity, diversity and inclusivity efforts. Because this is what happens if not: we recapitulate existing biases!https://www.wired.com/2017/06/diversity-open-source-even-worse-tech-overall/ …Show this thread -
Who are we opening science up to if not those who historically have had less access to it? One of the core tenets of
#openscience is: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion. [Image credit:@daniellecrobins &@rchampieux.]pic.twitter.com/E1C09MsPc2
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Further reading on the
#bropenscience hashtag on many reasons why#openscience needs to take Equity, Diversity, Inclusion very seriously and I will try and write more off Twitter and link to it if people are interested.Show this thread
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