Creating an open access archive for research on men and masculinities.

[DrPeterFerry]

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At a glance

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• Submission Name: Open Access Archive for research on men and masculinities, with particular focus on educating men and boys on issues of gender equality
• Contact Lead: @DrPeterFerry or peter.ferry@uis.no
• Region: Worldwide aim but based in Norway
• Issue Area: #OpenAccess, #OpenData, #OpenEducation, #OpenResearch
• Issue Type: #Project
• Types of Support Needed: #Advocacy_and_Policy, #Coding, #Communications, #EventPlanning, #Research

Description

The main aim of my time at the OpenCon 2017 conference is to kickstart my Open Access project to create an Open Access Archive for research on men and masculinities. The primary drive behind this project is to offer an free open space for men and boys to have access to research (primarily from academia) that deals with a range of issues linked to men and masculinities and gender equality.

The project is intent on being intersectional, that is to say, it aims to include research that investigates and presents the range of experiences of men and women from all sections of society. The focus of the research to be included in the archive should be on how power discourses impact upon social categorisations such as race, class, and gender, and how they shape systems of discrimination in society.

How can others contribute?

What I want from my time at OpenCon is:

• advice and guidance on how to set up on online archive
  • strategies for contacting researchers to suggest their involvement
  • warnings of the typical obstacles that I will need to overcome
  • help on how to promote the archive, both to researchers as well as other institutions
  • ideas about funding
  • tips on how to maximise the reach of the archive

Plus any other ideas on what I should be considering when setting up such an archive.

Please feel free to contact me on Twitter @DrPeterFerry or my email peter.ferry@uis.no

Looking forward to working with you!

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[DrPeterFerry]

@lorrainechu3n Hi Lorraine, I am planning to join Zoe and the Humanities guys in the do-a-thon: "Open Humanities & Social Sciences Do-a-thon Session: Out of Sunday's unconference came several ideas for action - so let's make them happen!". Shall I just leave this open here?

[char-siuu-bao]

Yes, of course, no problem @DrPeterFerry — just be clear on how folks can contribute and I would suggest watching the Github issue for any questions or comments :)