Taiji Nelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6632571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Taiji Nelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Taiji |
| FAMILY NAME | Nelson |
| SIGNATURE | NELSON T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Our back-and-forth lets me feel safe and seen”
Purpose This study aims to explore the pluralities of being transnational, Asian and queer as the foundation for learning to be in solidarity within and beyond these intersections. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study draws from humanizing, relational and duoethnographic research methods to emphasize respect, care and the transformative potential of dialogue toward queer Asian diasporic solidarities. Findings This study identifies e…
Shifting Climate Communication Narratives Toward Actions and Futures in a Rural Area of Appalachia
An urban natural history museum and university partnered with rural conservation organizations to support a climate learning network in southwestern Pennsylvania, a region with a fossil fuels heritage. Network members recognized the urgent need to address climate change at the system scale and wanted to talk about climate action, but they had doubts about what climate actions to take, how much their actions matter (efficacy), and whether it was n…
Taking time to listen and learn
A research-practice partnership between museum-based educators and scientists, learning researchers, and rural community members was designed to support climate change education in public settings. We consider the museum’s role in this work, tracing how the partnership built upon lessons learned from prior work, and used asset-based strategies to learn from the rural community. We present a survey of rural climate beliefs, interests and understan…
Getting “really close”
In this paper, we explore relational processes between and among three key learning ecosystem actors – youth, educators, and more-than-human beings – as a unit of analysis for understanding a specific type of environmental identity development: a 21st century naturalist. Our conceptualization of these relational processes aims to knit together sociocultural theories of identity formation with Indigenous, new-materialist and posthumanist philosoph…
Youth, place, and educator practices
In this paper, we describe an informal science program where specific program elements were designed to support youth development of a 21st century naturalist identity, which we call out as an important subtype of environmental and scientific identity. As part of a research-practice partnership, we conducted a case study of a teen youth program held in an urban park in order to examine how program elements support naturalist identity development.…
Getting “really close”
In this paper, we explore relational processes between and among three key learning ecosystem actors – youth, educators, and more-than-human beings – as a unit of analysis for understanding a specific type of environmental identity development: a 21st century naturalist. Our conceptualization of these relational processes aims to knit together sociocultural theories of identity formation with Indigenous, new-materialist and posthumanist philosoph…
Youth, place, and educator practices
In this paper, we describe an informal science program where specific program elements were designed to support youth development of a 21st century naturalist identity, which we call out as an important subtype of environmental and scientific identity. As part of a research-practice partnership, we conducted a case study of a teen youth program held in an urban park in order to examine how program elements support naturalist identity development.…
Getting “really close”
In this paper, we explore relational processes between and among three key learning ecosystem actors – youth, educators, and more-than-human beings – as a unit of analysis for understanding a specific type of environmental identity development: a 21st century naturalist. Our conceptualization of these relational processes aims to knit together sociocultural theories of identity formation with Indigenous, new-materialist and posthumanist philosoph…
Taking time to listen and learn
A research-practice partnership between museum-based educators and scientists, learning researchers, and rural community members was designed to support climate change education in public settings. We consider the museum’s role in this work, tracing how the partnership built upon lessons learned from prior work, and used asset-based strategies to learn from the rural community. We present a survey of rural climate beliefs, interests and understan…
Shifting Climate Communication Narratives Toward Actions and Futures in a Rural Area of Appalachia
An urban natural history museum and university partnered with rural conservation organizations to support a climate learning network in southwestern Pennsylvania, a region with a fossil fuels heritage. Network members recognized the urgent need to address climate change at the system scale and wanted to talk about climate action, but they had doubts about what climate actions to take, how much their actions matter (efficacy), and whether it was n…
Our back-and-forth lets me feel safe and seen”
Purpose This study aims to explore the pluralities of being transnational, Asian and queer as the foundation for learning to be in solidarity within and beyond these intersections. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study draws from humanizing, relational and duoethnographic research methods to emphasize respect, care and the transformative potential of dialogue toward queer Asian diasporic solidarities. Findings This study identifies e…
Sociology (4 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Identity (music (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works)