Professionalisation and Devaluing the 'Local'

Professionalisation has brought a powerful dynamic into the world of the development practitioner, creating an epistemic divide between the transnational 'expert' and the 'local' development practitioner. The former elevated to a powerful role, the latter constrained by their positionality and characteristics of the 'other'. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit planetworka.substack.com