This month the Atlanta-area Evaluation Association journal club will discuss “Is Inciting Social Change Something Evaluators Can Do? Should Do?” by Leah Neubauer and Melvin Hall.
The abstract is below:
This volume set out to consider what must occur for evaluators and evaluation to incite social justice‐oriented change in the communities where there is a need. It takes an affirmative posture and, in each chapter, builds a case for engaging in social change. In a variety of contexts, exploration of the social consciousness of evaluators and the larger evaluation profession, has led to the encouraging possibility that promoting oppositional consciousness could more reliably lead to the desired change. However, some argue that moving evaluation in this direction is a mistake and goes too far. This chapter examines the cases that have been made for greater evaluator involvement in inciting social change and presents a rational for the who, what, where, and when of evaluator engagement in inciting social change. The chapter concludes with the expected value to society of this change in evaluator posture.
Link to the article:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ev.20408
Zoom Information:
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Meeting ID: 323 405 496
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The journal club meets the third Wednesday of every month to discuss new and innovative evaluation topics.
AaEA’s monthly journal club features an evaluation article from evaluation journals and the gray literature. The purpose of these meetings is to offer an easy way for people to get a brief review of new topics, tools, and issues in the evaluation community. You are not required to read the article, but, try to if you can. So hop on the phone and sip your favorite beverage while listening to a summary of the article and joining in the discussion.
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