The ADVANCEing FieldSafety course provides field research team leaders and field team participants with the skills and tools to build a welcoming and inclusive field culture. This course will help you and your team develop norms and codes of conduct, and review or clarify leadership and field team organization. Additionally, you and your team will learn how to identify unsafe and harmful behaviors, respond appropriately to dissipate and mitigate these behaviors, and support those impacted by the behaviors. Finally, the course will provide tools to create, build and support inclusive mentorship, consider additional factors for mitigating risk to diverse individuals in the field, and how to build cultural inclusivity within your team.
ADVANCEing FieldSafety provides tools to address a growing awareness of the challenges of working (far) away from support networks and resources traditionally found at home. A deliberate approach to managing behaviors and hazards in the field can keep every individual safe and the team performing. ADVANCEing FieldSafety is designed for every member of research teams operating in field environments, from seasoned academics, technical support staff to undergraduates.
ADVANCEing FieldSafety: Changing the Culture of Fieldwork
University of Colorado Boulder via Coursera
Overview
Syllabus
- Course Introduction and Creating a Safe Field Environment
- During Week 1, we will discuss the course introduction and the content from Modules 1 and 2. The course introduction will discuss the outline and format of the course. We will also introduce our course instructors. Module 1 covers evaluating and preparing for hazards in field environments. Module 2 covers the fundamentals of communication tools, such as leadership roles, decision-making styles, and briefing/debriefing techniques.
- Creating a Safe Team Culture
- During Week 2, we will discuss the content from Modules 3, 4 and 5. Module 3 covers codes of conduct. Module 4 covers responding to and maintaining safe, inclusive, and positive spaces. Module 5 covers inclusive mentoring.
- Supporting Inclusive and Diverse Field Team Environments and Course Closing
- During Week 3, we will discuss the content from Modules 6 and 7. Module 6 covers keeping diverse field teams safe. Module 7 covers cultural inclusivity. The Course Summary will summarize the course content and the next steps to take after completing the course.
Taught by
Erika Marin-Spiotta, Mariama Dryák-Vallies, Blair Schneider, Alice Hill, Ryan Cassotto, Mylène Jacquemart, Anne U. Gold, and Alexandra Padilla
