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npolat

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What does this image convey about the place or setting of the research/activism?

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Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

[put a description of your project here!]

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FAguilera

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Interfaith group seeks to protect California deserts

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4. Who are stakeholders, what are their characteristics, and what are their perceptions of the problems?

A coalition of churches, synagogues, mosques, and cultural organizations located in the Inland Empire. Unfortunately, without any up-to-date number of members in this coalition.

For the org. there is a spiritual connection linking the desert landscapes and religious beliefs. Their primary focus is congregating more groups around environmental hazards in desert lands.

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FAguilera

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Interfaith group seeks to protect California deserts

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2. What environmental hazards are there in this setting, what is their source and what are their effects on the environment, health and inclusive prosperity?

The organization is looking for a “new dimension and depth” in the discussion about the environmental crisis. Engaging in different fields:

alternative energy development,
mining, recreation,
military exercises,
transportation corridors
proposed national monuments.

Desert Stewardship Project

FAguilera

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Interfaith group seeks to protect California deserts

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1. What is the setting of this case? What are its assets? What opportunities and challenges will there be in this setting in coming years?

Desert Stewardship Project is an interfaith coalition dedicated to protecting the deserts of California.

AK COVID-Development Studies Intersections

Aalok Khandekar

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Transnational STS COVID-19 Project Participants

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Where are you situated as COVID-19 plays out? What backstories shape your engagement with COVID-19? How can you be contacted? What questions and settings are you especially interested in following?

I am currently in the process of transitioning my M.A. level course on Science, Technology, and Development with 11 students to virtual instruction. One of my interests in engaging with COVID-19 is to examine how it (should) informs development ideologies and practices. How should students of development studies retool -- conceptually, methodologically, practically -- in wake of the pandemic?