Lucena, J. C., & Rojas, M. F., & Schlezak, S. L., & Chapman, E. (2023, June), Beyond uncritical blindness: How critical thinking about engineering for community development could lead to socially responsible and sustainable projects  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42368

\bibitem{asee_peer_42368}
  Lucena, J. C., \& Rojas, M. F., \& Schlezak, S. L., \& Chapman, E. (2023, June), \emph{Beyond uncritical blindness: How critical thinking about engineering for community development could lead to socially responsible and sustainable projects}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--42368

Juan C. Lucena, Mateo F. Rojas, Sofia Lara Schlezak, and Emma Chapman.  "Beyond uncritical blindness: How critical thinking about engineering for community development could lead to socially responsible and sustainable projects".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/42368 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_42368}
  Juan C. Lucena, Mateo F. Rojas, Sofia Lara Schlezak, and Emma Chapman.
  "Beyond uncritical blindness: How critical thinking about engineering for community development could lead to socially responsible and sustainable projects".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/42368 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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title = "Beyond uncritical blindness: How critical thinking about engineering for community development could lead to socially responsible and sustainable projects"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This paper explores how using concepts and frameworks from Science and Technology Studies (STS) to think and practice critically about engineering for community development (ECD) is a necessary precondition and preparation if engineering educators hope to instill socially responsible behavior in our students and social justice in their community projects.  With the significant surge of community engagement projects in US engineering programs, there is a growing need for developing critical lenses for engineering students involved in community development, so they do not continue reproducing unfair practices and assumptions of past development practices. Here we explore how STS concepts have served engineering students to develop critical praxis, a more robust and responsible understanding of the relationships between engineering faculty, students, and communities, and the material an social worlds in which they are embedded, using community development projects related to artisanal gold mining, inclusive management of electronic waste, and water access for underserved communities as examples. 
AU  - Juan C. Lucena
AU  - Mateo F. Rojas
AU  - Sofia Lara Schlezak
AU  - Emma Chapman
CY  - Baltimore , Maryland
DA  - 2023/06/25
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Beyond uncritical blindness: How critical thinking about engineering for community development could lead to socially responsible and sustainable projects
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