Kalisha Dessources

Observer
Science Haven
how do you not just be a flash in the pan? I don't know. I think you do that through organic relationship building, but I don't think that the goal is to be, maybe your goal is not to be a flash in the pan, but your goal certainly isn't to be within that community in the same way. At least that would be the case for me. So me moving into a Dwight community I think it would be a building relationship, but those relationships are going to be different than Dottie's relationship with the 80 year old woman and I should never expect it to be the same. So I think it's a little bit of balance, not wanting to be just as quick in and out peace, but also realizing that it takes work to be part of a community. It takes that time, it takes not only relationship building, but experiencing common experiences together. I think this happens a lot too often in research, where folks on the outside, where researchers go in and they think that six months of relationship building is going to make you this ingrained part of the fabric of a community and it's not, and I think recognizing that and being okay with that is good because I think someone like a Dottie can look at somebody like Rick and say, "You are part of this community in this way." With knowing that it's like you weren't with us 20, 30 years ago when X, Y and Z was happening. So I think it's being realistic about how to what extent you will fit in within the community and being okay. I think sometimes it's pitched as the goal is to become an insider. I never think that the goal should be to become an insider. The goal should to be, to build a relationship as an outsider.