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Politics hits poster sessions
Alexandra Witze reports:
Here at the ASSW (Arctic Science Summit Week - ZF) Arctic science conference in Boulder, a poster describing research done with US federal funds has words including “ethical” and “equity” crossed out. 🧪

This is, without question, a response to the American federal government’s attempt to eradicate policies that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
But there are questions as to why someone felt compelled to make this particular response. Did the author(s) make it to draw attention to the policies? Or were they instructed to make the changes by someone above their pay grade?
If you are presenting a poster funded by an American federal agency, have you been asked to change to poster? Would you consider doing so even if not so instructed to avoid having to justify it to some agency administrator?
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