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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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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GitHub is ofc an extremely Western project. not surprised it is largely white men in there. perhaps interesting to search if there is other communities/culture that independently arose. One if my Brazilian (female students) did a fab project on gambiarra.http://we-make-money-not-art.com/gambiologia/
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GitHub has a very depressing history both as a company and as a tool but at least what can be measured can be improved.

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Cool project too!

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to be sure the website is not my students project but what I just googled today about this whole culture/practice I did not know of. Our (little) project is mentioned herehttps://research.utwente.nl/en/publications/gambiarra-meets-design-thinking-scaffolding-embodied-creativity-i …
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Thanks Olivia!
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read the hashtag as "br open science" and was wondering "why is Olivia against brazilian open science?"


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That sounds like something Brolivia would hate.
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Aw, I thought open source might have the best diversity if anyone can contribute... Although without reading that just yet I imagine it has something damning to say about "BDFL" project maintainers and community culture. Hm.
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It should! Maybe in some areas it does, not mine!
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Yes! Agree wholeheartedly.
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