Community Governance: Representation & Intersectionality

Malvika Sharan

Pronouns: she/her

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Governance is the set of formal and informal practices through which an organisation sets goals, assigns responsibilities, establishes systems, and assesses outcomes of organizational action.

Anna Grandori, editor, Handbook of Economic Organization (Aldershot, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2014); Williamson, The Mechanisms of Governance, https://econpapers.repec.org/bookchap/elgeebook/14110.htm, �Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

Governance

Chartered Governance Institute, UK & Ireland, Discover Governance - What is governance? https://www.cgi.org.uk/professional-development/discover-governance/looking-to-start-a-career-in-governance/what-is-governance, Image by Scriberia for The Turing Way, Shared under CC-BY 4.0, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

Help identify and create accountability for:

• who makes decisions, how?
• who gets to participate, how?
• who is responsible to address risks/challenges, how?
• who controls and protects the outcome, how?

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Malvika Sharan

Andrea Sánchez-Tapia

Community-wide Governance

Committees and working groups

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Senior Researcher - Open Research, Co-lead The Turing Way, The Alan Turing Institute �& �Co-lead - Open Life Science

Malvika Sharan

Community-wide Governance

Community Governance

Chartered Governance Institute, UK & Ireland, Discover Governance - What is governance? https://www.cgi.org.uk/professional-development/discover-governance/looking-to-start-a-career-in-governance/what-is-governance, Image by Scriberia for The Turing Way, Shared under CC-BY 4.0, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

A system for community-led, inclusive, equitable management to benefit all.

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Community Governance

Chartered Governance Institute, UK & Ireland, Discover Governance - What is governance? https://www.cgi.org.uk/professional-development/discover-governance/looking-to-start-a-career-in-governance/what-is-governance, Image by Scriberia for The Turing Way, Shared under CC-BY 4.0, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

A system for community-led, inclusive, equitable management to benefit all.

Gives structure and process for transparent decision-making

Community Governance

Chartered Governance Institute, UK & Ireland, Discover Governance - What is governance? https://www.cgi.org.uk/professional-development/discover-governance/looking-to-start-a-career-in-governance/what-is-governance, Image by Scriberia for The Turing Way, Shared under CC-BY 4.0, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

A system for community-led, inclusive, equitable management to benefit all.

Gives structure and process for transparent decision-making

Provides shared directions, support and accountability for objectives that are collectively prioritised or achieved.

Rockloff, S. F., & Moore, S. A. (2006). Assessing Representation at Different Scales of Decision Making: Rethinking Local is Better. Policy Studies Journal, 34(4), 649–670. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00196.x�Image by Scriberia for The Turing Way, Shared under CC-BY 4.0, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

Representation in decision-making positions allows a person or group to participate, speak and act on behalf and in support of another person or group.

Roles of Representation in Governance

Rockloff, S. F., & Moore, S. A. (2006). Assessing Representation at Different Scales of Decision Making: Rethinking Local is Better. Policy Studies Journal, 34(4), 649–670. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00196.x�Image by Scriberia for The Turing Way, Shared under CC-BY 4.0, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

Collective groups elect/select someone as representatives

Roles of Representation in Governance

Rockloff, S. F., & Moore, S. A. (2006). Assessing Representation at Different Scales of Decision Making: Rethinking Local is Better. Policy Studies Journal, 34(4), 649–670. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00196.x�Image by Scriberia for The Turing Way, Shared under CC-BY 4.0, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

Collective groups elect/select someone as representatives

They present their experiences, advocate for common interests

Roles of Representation in Governance

Rockloff, S. F., & Moore, S. A. (2006). Assessing Representation at Different Scales of Decision Making: Rethinking Local is Better. Policy Studies Journal, 34(4), 649–670. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00196.x�Image by Scriberia for The Turing Way, Shared under CC-BY 4.0, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

Collective groups elect/select someone as representatives

They present their experiences, advocate for common interests

Expected to make decisions on behalf of the people, who in turn hold them accountable.

Intersectionality

What is intersectionality. https://www.intersectionaljustice.org/what-is-intersectionality

Coaston, J. (2019). Intersectionality, explained: meet Kimberlé Crenshaw, who coined the term. Vox. https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination

Culmination of different types of oppression and the specific experiences that occur when identities “intersect” – creating unique (power) dynamics affecting how an individual may be treated in different situations.

Prof. Kimberlé W. Crenshaw coined the term ‘intersectionality’ in 1989

Intersectionality

Dr. Sally. (2022, August 27). Dr. Sally. Retrieved from https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illuminated-podcast/107, Rodriguez, M. (2015). We Asked White Feminists to Discuss Mistakes They've Made. Here's What Happened. Mic. Retrieved from https://www.mic.com/articles/126431/we-asked-white-feminists-to-discuss-mistakes-they-ve-made-here-s-what-happened

Rockloff, S. F., & Moore, S. A. (2006). Assessing Representation at Different Scales of Decision Making: Rethinking Local is Better. Policy Studies Journal, 34(4), 649–670. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00196. Good governance model - inclusion and intersectionality approach. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/good-governance-model-inclusion-intersectionality-approach-chin

Intersectionality Approach to Governance

Success of governance is influenced by the process of selection, levels of power and objectives representatives are expected to deliver.

Rockloff, S. F., & Moore, S. A. (2006). Assessing Representation at Different Scales of Decision Making: Rethinking Local is Better. Policy Studies Journal, 34(4), 649–670. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00196. Good governance model - inclusion and intersectionality approach. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/good-governance-model-inclusion-intersectionality-approach-chin

Intersectionality Approach to Governance

Success of governance is influenced by the process of selection, levels of power and objectives representatives are expected to deliver.

Designation of diverse representatives ensure that diverse perspectives from the broader community are well represented.

Rockloff, S. F., & Moore, S. A. (2006). Assessing Representation at Different Scales of Decision Making: Rethinking Local is Better. Policy Studies Journal, 34(4), 649–670. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00196. Good governance model - inclusion and intersectionality approach. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/good-governance-model-inclusion-intersectionality-approach-chin

Intersectionality Approach to Governance

Success of governance is influenced by the process of selection, levels of power and objectives representatives are expected to deliver.

Designation of diverse representatives ensure that diverse perspectives from the broader community are well represented.

Intersectionality helps understand complexity, work with different levels of analysis and strengthen decision-making to benefit everyone.

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Intersectionality Approach to Governance

what is intersectionality. (2022, August 27). Retrieved from https://www.intersectionaljustice.org/what-is-intersectionality

Coaston, J. (2019). Intersectionality, explained: meet Kimberlé Crenshaw, who coined the term. Vox. Retrieved from https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination

“When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when antiracism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other and both interests lose.”

– Prof. Kimberlé W. Crenshaw

Spectrum of Public Participation – Organizing Engagement. (2019). https://organizingengagement.org/models/spectrum-of-public-participation, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

Determining decision-making power

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Spectrum of Public Participation – Organizing Engagement. (2019,). https://organizingengagement.org/models/spectrum-of-public-participation, Community Maturity Model™. Community Roundtable. https://communityroundtable.com/what-we-do/research/community-maturity-model, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

Landscape of governance based on maturity stage

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Dennissen, M., Benschop, Y., & van den Brink, M. (2018). Rethinking Diversity Management: An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity Networks. Organization Studies, 41(2), 219–240. doi: 10.1177/0170840618800103. Community Maturity Model™. Community Roundtable. https://communityroundtable.com/what-we-do/research/community-maturity-model

Applying Intersectional Governance Theories

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Interrogating privilege & disadvantage: resources, power, challenges

1. Intersectional Identities: where do members talk about their multiple identities; and how?
2. Intersectional Collaborations: where do diverse members collaborate; and how?

Case Study from The Carpentries

Latinoamérica

Africa

MENA

NZ & AUS

European

Japan

Canada

References from The Carpentries:�https://carpentries.org/community/�https://carpentries.org/reports/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaeCZ74IgLQ

Overview of The Turing Way Roles

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Turing Projects

Informal partners

Formal Partners

Infrastructure providers

Localisation community

TTW-inspired books

TTW-referencing projets

References from The Turing Way:�https://the-turing-way.netlify.app/welcome,�github.com/alan-turing-institute/the-turing-way

Overview of Open Life Science Roles

Latinoamérica

Africa

MENA

NZ & AUS

European

Asian

North Americas

OLS Principles & Operational Priorities

Events and Collaborative Opportunities

References from Open Life Science:�https://openlifesci.org/about, https://openlifesci.org/posts

Evidence & Impact Study

Long-term Sustainability

Operational Continuity

Reward All (volunteer) Labor

Contextualised Approaches

Collaboration & Membership

CONTEXT-BASED CAPACITY BUILDING

Dennissen, M., Benschop, Y., & van den Brink, M. (2018). Rethinking Diversity Management: An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity Networks. Organization Studies, 41(2), 219–240. doi: 10.1177/0170840618800103. Community Maturity Model™. Community Roundtable. https://communityroundtable.com/what-we-do/research/community-maturity-model

Applying Intersectional Governance Theories

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Diversity networks deal with the complex reality of multiple identities and their intersections.

Dennissen, M., Benschop, Y., & van den Brink, M. (2018). Rethinking Diversity Management: An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity Networks. Organization Studies, 41(2), 219–240. doi: 10.1177/0170840618800103. Community Maturity Model™. Community Roundtable. https://communityroundtable.com/what-we-do/research/community-maturity-model

Applying Intersectional Governance Theories

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Diversity networks deal with the complex reality of multiple identities and their intersections.

In theory, all diversity networks agree that ‘they should collaborate’ (stronger claim on getting the desired attention and valuable for mutual learning experiences).

Dennissen, M., Benschop, Y., & van den Brink, M. (2018). Rethinking Diversity Management: An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity Networks. Organization Studies, 41(2), 219–240. doi: 10.1177/0170840618800103. Community Maturity Model™. Community Roundtable. https://communityroundtable.com/what-we-do/research/community-maturity-model

Applying Intersectional Governance Theories

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Diversity networks deal with the complex reality of multiple identities and their intersections.

In theory, all diversity networks agree that ‘they should collaborate’ (stronger claim on getting the desired attention and valuable for mutual learning experiences).

In practice, actual collaboration and coalition building is shown to be difficult and challenging.

Hankivsky, O., Grace, D., Hunting, G., Giesbrecht, M., Fridkin, A., Rudrum, S., ...Clark, N. (2014). An intersectionality-based policy analysis framework: critical reflections on a methodology for advancing equity. International Journal for Equity in Health, 13(1), 1–16. doi: 10.1186/s12939-014-0119-x, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

Guiding Principles for Intersectional Governance

Operationalising Intersectionality:

1. Prioritise areas/topics of work through participatory process
2. Understand and define the ‘problem’ through intersectional lens
3. Interventions, solutions & success metrics (short, mid, long term)
4. Implementation at organisation-level

Kriger, D., Keyser-Verreault, A., Joseph, J., & Peers, D. (2022). The Operationalizing Intersectionality Framework. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, -1(aop), 1–23. doi: 10.1123/jcsp.2021-0069, Slides DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7038553

Guiding Principles for Intersectional Governance

Community Governance for sub-projects and committees

Andrea Sánchez-Tapia

Pronouns: she/her

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Andrea Sánchez-Tapia

Localisation and Translation Co-lead, The Turing Way�& �Independent Researcher

Committees and working groups

About me

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• Colombia, Bogotá, access to language learning
• Biology/Ecology/Public university systems in Colombia and Brazil: academia in peripheral countries
• Participation in Open Source communities of practice

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A 1st move: occupy

• RLadies, The Carpentries, LatinR, The Turing Way
• Representation: the participation of other Latin American women was key when interacting with the global community
• How you occupy a space depends a lot on each community

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useR! 2021

• Fully remote, a global organizing team
• Me: Diversity, Accessibility, and Inclusion team <3
• Conscious effort towards accessibility
• Multilingual submissions, keynote in Spanish, translated captions
• Volunteer-based but key roles recognized, financial support
• Passed the torch via the useR! knowledgebase, publications, surveys

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A 2nd move: why? for whom?

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• There are still people out
• Even when you “belong”, what does it mean to be included? Assimilation vs diversity
• “Safe” spaces: codes of conduct
• These conversations are being held in USA-Europe-centric contexts
• Lots of unpaid volunteer work - invisible labor

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Navigating two worlds

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• Code of conduct teams
• Work locally and globally
• (Take care of yourself)

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Governance of The Turing Way translation and localisation team

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• Early draft to structure our work
• Four co-leads “named”* by the team
• In paper: leads and translators for each team
• In practice: horizontal, aiming to onboard and meet people where they are
• Lots of “we’ll play it by ear” :)

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Governance of The Turing Way translation and localisation team

Andrea Sánchez-Tapia

Alejandro Coca-Castro

Batool Almarzouq

Camila Rangel Smith

Anıl Tuncel

Cigdem Ozen

Melissa Black

Asma Kacem

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Thank you! Connect with us.

• Malvika: msharan@turing.ac.uk
• Andrea: andreasancheztapia@gmail.com

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• The Turing Way:
• Webpage: the-turing-way.netlify.app
• Email: theturingway@gmail.com

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• Open Life Science:
• Webpage: openlifesci.org
• Email: team@openlifesci.org

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