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ArticleAmbio2019

Embracing an interdisciplinary approach to plastics pollution awareness and action.

Sara L Belontz, Patricia L Corcoran, Heather Davis, Kathleen A Hill, Kelly Jazvac, Kirsty Robertson, Kelly Wood

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Article in Ambio, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sara L BelontzDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N., London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada. sbelontz@uwo.ca.
Patricia L CorcoranDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N., London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada.
Heather DavisEugene Lang College, The New School, 66 West 12th St., New York, NY, 10011, USA.
Kathleen A HillDepartment of Biology, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N., London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada.
Kelly JazvacDepartment of Studio Arts, Concordia University, 5917 Rue Beaulieu, Montreal, QC, H4E 3E7, Canada.
Kirsty RobertsonDepartment of Visual Arts, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N., London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada.
Kelly WoodDepartment of Visual Arts, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N., London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada.

Funding

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 43520171253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper considers how an interdisciplinary approach to the "wicked problem" of plastics pollution offers unique and important collaborative possibilities. Specially, the paper considers the approach of the Synthetic Collective, a group comprising artists, humanities scholars, and scientists. Considering first how artists and scientists might respond differently to tracking, mapping, understanding, and representing plastics pollution, we then look for potential points of commonality across disciplinary difference. In respect to the urgent and multifaceted problem of marine plastics pollution in the Great Lakes region, we ask what are some of the successes and pitfalls of bringing together diverse approaches and interests? The paper concludes with a clear strategy: a set of instructions geared towards building successful interdisciplinary collaborations. Ultimately, we conclude that a strong relationship amongst scientists and artists is possible, fruitful, and indeed warranted when shared goals are the driving principle of the group.

Indexed as

Interdisciplinary StudiesPlasticsEnvironmental PollutionGreat Lakes RegionHumanitiesPlasticsArtsHumanitiesInterdisciplinaryPlastics pollutionSciencesWicked problem

Identifiers

PMID30448996
PMCPMC6541668

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