Raul Pacheco-Vega
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Raul Pacheco-Vega
@raulpachecovega.bsky.social

Full Professor @ FLACSO Mexico. I study comparative public policy, water governance, waste management, public administration, environmental politics, homelessness, eldercare and care work, mixed/experimental methods.

Political science 36%
Environmental science 20%

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this is just like the diplomat
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com

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Opinion that might or might not be unpopular: whatever you think of Alice Goffman and her work, "On The Run" should be assigned in courses on ethnography, particularly for the discussion on ethics of fieldwork.

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I refuse to change my language just to appease those who suspect I’ve used AI.
I stopped using delve altogether

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I stopped using delve altogether

I use the em dash — I’ve used it long before AI.

I also use very flowery words including “foregrounding”.

I don’t need to justify my writing as “AI-free” because I write using structures, rules, models and templates.

I understand why we as educators are worried about our students’ usage, too.

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That WOW was very cathartic (at least for me). Everyone who was ever associated with Lin and Vincent had a chance to cry with and hug fellow Ostrom Workshoppers.

I also had a very visceral and negative reaction to critiques of Lin and Vincent’s work. Glad I had my friends to call me down.

Memories of #WOW5Ostrom (the 5th Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop, and the first one without Lin or Vincent).

I look so young here! With @pkashwan.bsky.social Xavier Basurto and Jacob Bower-Bir!

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The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.

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What's your favourite book-length urban ethnography?

There's absolutely no book that does both research design and project implementation well, unfortunately. I think everyone wishes their book did that, but they focus on ONE aspect more than other ones, and that is a challenge.

Also, knowing how to design a project is different to how to execute it

After MANY years of teaching methods, I think we need a healthy balance of research design books, and "here's how the hell you do this while on the ground, getting your boots dirty" volumes.

Personally, that's also why I like teaching ethnography in person: I can go on the field with you.

c) @marioluissmall.bsky.social and @jessicacalarco.com 's "Qualitative Literacy".

Rubin's and Small and Calarco's books come from sociologists, but speak to broader social science challenges for qualitative research.

Cyr and Wallace Goodman's book is polisci inspired, broad socsci applicable.
2 years after Dr. Baron's request, I thought about it for a while.

3 additional suggestions:

a) @ashleytrubin.bsky.social 's "Rocking Qualitative Social Science"

b) Jennifer Cyr and @saragoodman.bsky.social 's edited volume "Doing Good Qualitative Research"

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Hey Polisky since I’m a bit crunched on time I’d thought I’d crowdsource - does any have a favorite book for a research design and qualitative research course? Im wondering if there’s a good book that covers both, and hopefully limit my pouring over 50 books that are maybes

Hace algunos años diseñé un temario para un curso de maestría o doctorado sobre Conflictos Socioambientales. Nunca lo he impartido, y hay bastante nueva literatura académica que se podría incluir (el temario es de 2020), pero establece las bases. #RPVSyllabi

drive.google.com/file/d/1m4rf...
Conflictos SocioAmbientales Syllabus.pdf
drive.google.com

I have absolutely zero interest in attending US based conferences (and I’ve already declined dozens of keynote speakers opportunities for the same reason)

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Do I like the guy running it? No. Do I approve of his behavior/ideology? No. Do I think X is healthy? NO.

Do I need to showcase all sorts of horrors that the US government is inflicting on extremely vulnerable individuals and will I do it on X where I have a HUGE audience? ABSOLUTELY YES.

I sometimes must speak about this because the "Do not remain on X" absolutists seem to need a regular reminder that online communities take A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT to be built. Marginalized scholars IN the US and many folks outside of the US need Twitter to remain connected to their communities.

If you ever have to collaborate on a challenging but collaborative project, I very much recommend working with @merikeblofield.bsky.social and @pribblejenny.bsky.social

#LASA2026, let's gooooooo!! 😄