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Mallory M Rice1, Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila2, Marcella D Baiz3
1Department of Biological Sciences, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, California, United States of America.
PLoS biology
|January 6, 2025
概括
生态与进化生物学 (EEB) 使用有害的术语,将代表性不足的群体边缘化. 一项调查显示,许多EEB专业人士认识到这些有问题的术语,敦促对更具包容性的学科进行批判性重新评估.
科学领域:
- 生态学和进化生物学 (EEB)
- 在STEM领域的社会正义
- 科学沟通科学沟通
背景情况:
- 生态与进化生物学 (EEB) 领域面临着持续的包容性和代表性挑战.
- 边缘化群体,包括妇女,性别少数群体,BIPOC,残疾人和LGBTQIA+人群,在代表性方面存在重大差异.
- 最近的呼吁强调在EEB社区中解决代表性,包容性,正义和公平问题.
研究的目的:
- 检查EEB社区成员如何理解学科特定的术语.
- 识别潜在的有害术语,并了解它们对边缘化群体的影响.
- 通过语言重新评估,为拆除排斥性结构的努力提供信息.
主要方法:
- 对EEB社区成员进行了一项混合方法调查.
- 受访者被问及他们对学科特定术语的看法,包括其有害潜力.
- 收集的数据是关于参与者认为有问题的特定术语.
主要成果:
- 在795名受访者中,近一半的受访者认为,在EEB中存在有害的术语.
- 许多来自边缘化群体的个人报告说,他们经历了特定术语的伤害.
- 问题性术语经常与种族,种族,移民,性别,性别,地缘政治层次和历史暴力有关.
结论:
- 对于EEB学科来说,迫切需要批判性地评估其语言.
- 识别和理解有害术语的影响是实现包容性的关键一步.
- 研究结果鼓励重新评估研究,教学和专业环境中的学科语言,以促进更公正和公平的EEB.
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